Sinaloa Community Mourns Girls Killed in Shooting And Demands Answers: 'Their Wings Were Cut'

Sinaloa Community Mourns Girls Killed in Shooting And Demands Answers: 'Their Wings Were Cut'

Students, parents and staff at the Rafael Ramírez Elementary School in Sinaloa held a tribute this week for two young girls killed in a recent shooting in Badiraguato

Authorities investigate whether the Leidy and Alexa were killed in an alleged direct attack by the Ejrcito on a family in Sinaloa.

How many children have been killed in Sinaloa because of the war waged by the criminal groups of Mayos and Chapitos? We tell you how much the outrageous figure is.On September 9, 2024, an armed confrontation was recorded in Culiacan between two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, the Mayos and the Chapitos, which started a war that has not come to an end.Like any armed conflict, the war between the two sides of the criminal group has left multiple v…

“...it wasn’t a confrontation, it was directly to them, they didn’t receive any high warning, or anything, they just ran into them and it was where they started attacking, without any excuse from any of them, of having felt attacked, let alone that they felt attacked, it’s totally false,” Joel, Alexa’s uncle and Leidy. The state prosecutor’s office pointed out that the investigation is already progressing in the hands of the Attorney General’s O…

Sinaloa is shocked by the murder of Alexa and Leydi, girls of 7 and 11 years old, on May 6 in the municipality of Badiraguato. Their families and school community demand justice after what they consider a direct attack by military elements and not a crossfire. Shots fired at two girls in Sinaloa Joel, the uncle of the minors, declared that “it was not a confrontation, it went directly to them. They received no warning, they just ran into them an…

On May 12, students from the Rafael Ramírez Elementary School, where Leydi and Alexa girls were studying, murdered on May 6 in Badiraguato, paid a tribute in memory of them. Outside the school, the girls’ companions and relatives carried out a sit-in in white and canvases that bore the images of the girls, as well as posters with messages that implored protection for their lives. On the spot, they shouted slogans against the authorities and requ…