The clashes took place in Agua Prieta, Sonora, when authorities received information on various skirmishes between La Linea and Los Salazar shortly after 3:15am local time. Dannels stated this time it appears just to be Agua Prieta that was impacted. The Sonora cartel had direct links to Colombian drug cartels and operated routes into California, Arizona, Texas and Nevada. NACO – The Cochise County Sheriff's Office is warning area residents to stay safe as fighting continues between two cartels in the towns of Agua Prieta, Naco Sonora, and Nogales Sonora. Cartel fighting in the Mexican border cities of Agua Prieta and Naco has left at least six people dead, the Cochise County Sheriff's Office said. July 29, 2011, the operators of the Sinaloa cartel get arrested in the city of Agua Prieta. The northern Mexico state of Sonora is on ... the drug-related violence claimed the life of Agua Prieta Police Chief Ramon Tacho Verdugo. In 1989, the Sinaloa Cartel dug its first drug tunnel between a house in Agua Prieta, Sonora to a warehouse located in Douglas, Arizona.The 300 feet (91 m) tunnel was discovered in May, 1990. Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico Agua Prieta is a bustling city of 70,000 located in the northeastern corner of Sonora, adjoining the southeastern Arizona town of Douglas. The Sonora cartel was headed by Miguel Caro Quintero and operated out of Hermosillo, Agua Prieta, Guadalajara and Culiacán, as well as the Mexican states of San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa and Sonora. The town’s origins date back to its proximity to the railroad constructed in the late 1800’s by the Phelps Dodge corporation to transport copper to the United States … This comes after officials said 12 cartel members had been shot and killed as a result of an internal problem within the Sinaloa Cartel. Three hours later, authorities responded to another incident at a funeral home in Agua Prieta. The U.S. government named the alleged head of the Sinaloa Cartel’s operations in Nogales, Sonora as a drug-smuggling kingpin on Tuesday and froze his financial assets north of the border. KVOA News 4, the Tucson NBC affiliate, has reported on a June 10, 2019, gun battle that took place across the border from Douglas, Ariz., in Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. SUBSCRIBE NOW $1 for 3 months. Following the discovery by U.S. Customs and Mexican Federal Police, the Sinaloa Cartel began to focus their smuggling operations … After attacking the Sinaloa Cartel turf, La Linea … Arizona Congressman David Schweikert spoke passionately on the floor of the House this week on the subject. Rep. David … In June, there was a report of shootings in both Agua Prieta and Naco, Sonora. Inside the truck authorities found three long guns, two handguns and 174 thousand pesos in cash. That gun battle apparently involved an internal dispute among members of the Sinaloa drug cartel and, by the end, almost 12 people had … El Macario was arrested on July 28, 2011 in Agua Prieta, along with José de Jesús García Ruiz, El Mello, after they were seen traveling in a truck. Wilkinson said he could not say whether the June incident was the result of opposing cartels battling it out or an inter-cartel power play.