Sinaloa

[seen-l-oh-uh, sin-, see-nah-law-ah]

noun

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

Sinaloa

/ ˌsɪn-, ˌsiːnəˈləʊə, sinaˈloa /

noun

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

Example Sentences

The Sinaloa Attorney General's Office said the boat had set out from southern Mexico, near the border with Guatemala, with 27 passengers aged 14 to 17, and an 18-year-old.

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Arguably the most dangerous illegal drug consumed by Americans, fentanyl is usually smuggled through ports of entry by U.S. citizens hired as “mules,” moving small amounts of the synthetic opioid for criminal groups such as the Sinaloa cartel, according to U.S. and Mexican officials.

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The main destination is Sinaloa state, home to the fentanyl industry, where the opioid is manufactured at rudimentary labs and pressed into pills for delivery to the U.S. border.

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Zhang is accused of smuggling tons of precursors to make fentanyl for Mexico’s top two criminal organizations, the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels.

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In August, Bondi doubled the U.S.’s bounty on Maduro to $50 million, accusing him of working with criminal organizations such as Tren de Aragua and the Sinaloa Cartel.

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