Sinaloa state, Mexico: conflict statistics

UCDP recorded 782 organized-violence events in Sinaloa state between 1 Aug 2025 and 31 Jul 2026, with an estimated 931 deaths (range 473 to 1,037).

Broadly stable. Events in the last 90 days (161) were within 20% of the preceding 90 days (199).

The parties recorded in the most events over the last 12 months were Sinaloa Cartel - Los Mayos (669 events), Jalisco Cartel New Generation, Sinaloa Cartel - Los Chapitos (442 events), Sinaloa Cartel - Los Chapitos (227 events), Unidentified armed group (139 events).

UCDP classes events as state-based armed conflict, non-state conflict, or one-sided violence against civilians. In Sinaloa state, 94% of events over the last 12 months were non-state conflict.

Event counts and death estimates come from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) Georeferenced Event Dataset and its monthly Candidate Events releases, published under CC BY 4.0. Figures use UCDP's "best" fatality estimate. Data on this page runs through 31 Jul 2026.