The clashes follow the arrests on U.S. soil of Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, as well as Joaquin Guzman Lopez, a son of El Chapo.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is asking the warring factions of the Sinaloa cartel terrorizing the capital city of Culiacán to act "responsibly” so no one else gets killed.

Fighting between rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel in northwest Mexico has resulted in at least 15 deaths this week, including three civilians in recent clashes. The violence, linked to the recent arrest of cartel leaders,

War has broken out in Mexico between rival factions of the Sinaloa cartel as one of its founders pleaded not guilty in New York on a 17-count indictment accusing him of murder and drug trafficking.