At least 30 people have been killed in the past two weeks in Mexico's northern state of Sinaloa as two factions of the powerful Sinaloa cartel continue to clash, authorities said Tuesday. Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said that two military personnel were among those killed in the fighting that started Sept.

Shootouts in the western Mexican state of Sinaloa have kindled fears that an intra-cartel war is about to break out in the wake of the arrest of legendary trafficker, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, in July.

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.