A total of 24 people from 12 Mexican states have disappeared in Mazatlán so far this year, with Durango having the most cases (nine), Coahuila (three), and Chihuahua and Jalisco (two each), according to data provided by the Sinaloa State Attorney General’s Office.
These disappearances are separate from those of victims who have registered their address in the state of Sinaloa, dozens of whom are from the municipality of Mazatlán.
According to data provided by the Attorney General’s Office, from January 1 to November 2, 2025, a total of 24 people from different states have been reported as victims of the crimes of enforced disappearance and kidnapping in this municipality.
The Attorney General’s Office specified that nine of these individuals have registered their address in the state of Durango, three in Coahuila, and two each in Chihuahua and Jalisco.
But disappearances were also reported in Baja California Sur, Mexico City, Michoacán, Nayarit, Puebla, Querétaro, Sonora, and Veracruz, with one case in each of those states.
One of the most publicized cases at the state and national levels is that of Carlos Emilio, a young man from the state of Durango who disappeared in the early morning of October 5th after telling his companions at the Terraza Valentino nightclub that he was going to the restroom. His whereabouts have been unknown ever since.
According to his mother’s public statements, the only thing the authorities tell her is that the investigation is ongoing, but her son remains missing.
The Attorney General of the State of Sinaloa, Claudia Zulema Sánchez Kondo, publicly stated on Tuesday in an interview with media personnel in Culiacán that, as part of the investigation into Carlos Emilio’s disappearance, four properties in Mazatlán were searched and video recording equipment was seized and is currently being analyzed.
“Four searches have been carried out on properties related to the investigation; the DVRs were seized,” added Sánchez Kondo.
Furthermore, on October 23, at the conclusion of the Security Cabinet meeting held at the facilities of the Third Military Region, led by the Secretaries of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch; Defense, General Ricardo Trevilla Trejo; and the Navy, Admiral Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles, the Governor of the state, Rubén Rocha Moya, was approached by Nadia Margarita Berrelleza Flores to ask him to review the case of her sister Cecilia Berrelleza and Cristina, who is from Mexicali, Baja California, and who have been missing in Mazatlán for more than three months.
“Here’s the case of my sister and Cristina, who’s from Mexicali. It’s been a long time, and we haven’t heard anything,” Nadia Margarita told the Governor of Sinaloa after the meeting where it was agreed to reinforce security in Mazatlán with members of the National Defense Secretariat, who would join the 250 officers from the SSyPC (Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection) deployed the day before in this port city following a series of disappearances in the municipality.
The Governor promised to review the investigation into the disappearances of Cecilia and Cristina, in response to the sister of the former.
“You’re absolutely right, and if you’d like to ask me something regarding her, how long has she been missing?” Rocha Moya asked her.
To which Nadia Margarita replied that it had been 92 days.
The 24 people from 12 Mexican states who disappeared between January 1 and November 2 of this year in Mazatlán are part of the 2,635 people who disappeared throughout Sinaloa between September 1, 2024, and September 15, 2025. Of these, 656 are from the municipality of Mazatlán, according to figures provided by the Sinaloa State Attorney General’s Office (FGE). This number does not include those reported in subsequent days.
These disappearances in the state occurred during the period of violence that began on September 9, 2024, due to the struggle between factions of the Sinaloa Cartel. This conflict has resulted in more than 2,000 homicides, over 5,000 stolen vehicles, and billions of pesos in losses for various productive sectors of the state.
The states with the most cases of missing persons in Mazatlán so far in 2025 are Durango with nine, Coahuila with three, and Chihuahua and Jalisco with two each. The first three are part of the Northern Economic Corridor and are among the states from which the most tourists come to this port after the inauguration of the Mazatlán-Durango Superhighway on October 17, 2013.
Source: noroeste
