Las Lloronas de Mazatlán. Cover and Chapter Art by. Irene Jiménez Casasnovas. Written by. Katie Baker. Edited by. Carol Gaab.
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Mazatlán is Mexico’s most famous resort city, and for good reason: it is unique, picturesque, beautiful, and safe. It has a rich history with its origins as a trading port, and its rebirth as a resort city. It is Mexico’s most important colonial city and a key economic hub, with Mazatlán’s center being the Zona Dorada (Gold Zone) and the west coast’s El Pueblito and Puerto Vallarta being the Zona Rosa (Pink Zone). It is located on the Pacific Ocean, and boasts the third largest natural harbor in the world.
Despite its beauty, Mazatlán has a dark side. It has been, and still is, used as a location for the filming of many Hollywood movies, which is a bit of a problem when the city is the setting for some of the most horrific crimes in Mexican history. It has been, and still is, used as a location for the filming of many Hollywood movies, which is a bit of a problem when the city is the setting for some of the most horrific crimes in Mexican history.
Among the most publicized criminal acts is the kidnapping of 43 Japanese tourists at the Hotel del Rey in January 2007. The kidnapping was orchestrated by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera, the head of the Sinaloa cartel, which operates in the area around Mazatlán. Guzman was apprehended in January 2016, after a shootout in Los Angeles.
The region is home to many of Mexico’s most dangerous gangs and drug cartels. In August 2006, an argument over drugs turned into a shootout between members of the Zetas and the Gulf Cartel in the La Mesa sector of Mazatlán. A bus carrying one of the bikers from the Zetas cartel was riddled with bullets, and the gangsters from both sides fought until the police arrived. Twelve people died, and the bodies of several other people were found in a house that the gunmen had torched. The Zetas and the Gulf Cartel are currently feuding, and the Sinaloa cartel
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