Deaths Rise in Mexico's Sinaloa State Amid Manhunt for Drug Lord El Chapo Guzman Andrew V. Pestano - UPI
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Displaced in Sinaloa: The Hunt for 'El Chapo' (VICE News)

A shootout between gunmen of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's brother and a rival gang over territory left eight dead, while more than four tons of marijuana were seized and two suspected Sinaloa Cartel members were killed in a separate incident.

The shootout took place in La Tuna, in Mexico's Sinaloa state, the hometown of Guzman and his brother, Aurealiano, on whose ranch the incident occurred.

TeleSUR reported a war recently broke out in Sinaloa between drug traffickers attempting to take over a mountainous region where marijuana and poppy plants are cultivated.

More than 14 people have died within Sinaloa recently in confrontations between security officials, Guzman's Sinaloa Cartel and other drug gangs. Authorities believe Guzman is in hiding somewhere in the Sinaloa state.

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