Mexico sends troops to fight Sinaloa drug cartel

By Barbara Obeso
REUTERS

2:17 p.m. May 13, 2008

CULIACAN, Mexico – Mexico dispatched thousands of troops Tuesday to the state of Sinaloa, the heartland of a powerful drug cartel run by the country's most wanted man, following a wave of police murders.
Helicopters hovered over state capital Culiacan and newly arrived soldiers patrolled with federal police as President Felipe Calderón's top security officials met in the steamy city.

Sinaloa is home to a federation of drug gangs run by Joaquin “Shortyâ€