Culiacan, Mexico.- The military arrested in Sinaloa an alleged leader of hitmen who served the children of former Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, known as “Los Chapitos”, security sources reported.
This is the subject identified as “El Piyi”, who was identified as the alleged perpetrator of the violence in Culiacán against the armed men of Ismael Zambada Sicairos, “El Mayito Flaco”, according to initial versions.
This is also related to the recent ambush on armed forces operating in the state capital, which originated from the fight between the organized crime groups. “El Piyi” was arrested along with six accomplices in an operation carried out by the Army and the National Guard in the Santa Fe sector, in the northern region of Culiacán.
The head of the hitmen began his criminal career with the help of Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, “El Nini”, head of security for “Los Chapitos”, located by the Armed Forces in November 2023 in Culiacán.
“El Piyi” is “famous” for being mentioned in several corridors, including in a song performed by Peso Pluma. So far no authorities have commented on the arrest of the alleged hitman.