Sinaloa

American

[seen-l-oh-uh, sin-, see-nah-law-ah] / ˌsin lˈoʊ ə, ˌsɪn-, ˌsi nɑˈlɔ ɑ /

noun

a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Culiacán.

Sinaloa British

/ ˌsiːnəˈləʊə, sinaˈloa, ˌsɪn- /

noun

a state of W Mexico. Capital: Culiacán. Pop: 2 534 835 (2000). Area: 58 092 sq km (22 425 sq miles)

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Sinaloa

These tactics are often employed by transnational criminal groups that consist primarily of citizens from Sinaloa state in Mexico, a Homeland Security Investigations special agent said in affidavits filed in federal court last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

The same investigators received requests last week to recover a dozen Ram trucks tracked to Sinaloa and seven more in Durango state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

"That's the tragedy Sinaloa is experiencing," Esquer, who is a leader in the centre-left opposition party Movimiento Ciudadano, said.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The United States has already applied similar designations to other Ecuadorian gangs, Venezuela's Tren de Aragua and Mexico's Sinaloa cartel.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Sinaloa and Toño burst forth bulging with piñatas piñatas, one for each of my lost birthdays since Toño left I guess.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads

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