The morning of the past September 15th5 bodies were reported in front of the water park of Culiacan, Four of them were wearing hats and one head was inside a pizza box. What do these symbols mean?
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The bodies were reported around 6:30 a.m. September 15thwere tied hands, leaning against the wall of a warehouse, regardless of the clothing of each of them, they all had hats, and according to police reports, the age of these men ranges from 25 to 35 years of age.
It has been a little over a week since violence in the state has taken hold, terrorizing the inhabitants of Sinaloa, specifically Culiacán, as it is a war waged by the two most dangerous cartels in the country: the Mayos (Zambada) and the Chapos (Guzmán).
These clashes are related to the capture of Ismael May Zambadawell Ivan Archivaldo y Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, who are the children of Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, have been linked to participation and betrayal of The May, before US authorities on July 25.
Despite the statements of Mayo Zambada, made known by his lawyer, where he calls for peace in the state, the wave of violence continues:
“I call on the people of Sinaloa to be moderate and to maintain peace in our state. Nothing is resolved with violence. We have already been down that road and we all lose.”
Shootings in broad daylight, cancellation of classes and activities in Culiacan, Two dead soldiers and even the cancellation of celebrations for the 114th anniversary of Mexico’s independence are the consequences of this dispute between cartels.
Hats and pizzas: Symbols used in Culiacán
A study conducted by Natalia Mendoza Rockwell, PhD in Anthropology from Columbia University and graduate in International Relations from El Colegio de México, on the list of items left at crime scenes by cartels provides us with more information than we could ever imagine. In this recent case, the hats and the pizza box were key pieces for understanding the subjects of the confrontation.
“Most narco-graffiti carry out two types of discursive actions. The first is the attribution of violence. This implies not simply the imposition of an interpretation of the violent act, but also the appropriation of the symbolic value of that death. […] The second characteristic action of narco-graffiti is the threat. Both discursive actions derive their meaning and linguistic effectiveness from the fact of appearing next to a corpse,” describes the academic in her article Narcobanners or the Criminal’s Confine (2016).
On the one hand, there are Los Mayos, headed by Ismael Zambada Sicairos, son and heir of Ishmael May Zambada, who heads the criminal organization, as well as several cells and armed branches, adopting one of his father’s pseudonyms, calling himself, The Lord of the Hat.
For their part, the heirs of Joaquín Guzmán Loera have adopted the wordplay that is formed when he is named, because although they have been known by the media as Los chapitos, their subordinates have called them La chapiza, playing on ch and pizza. Just like the name of a song where Fuerza Regida and Natanael Cano named “CH and pizza”.
According to the anthropologist, drug trafficking has been updated according to a generational theme, where before narco-banners were placed, extortion calls; now the messages are more thought out but much clearer than -sometimes- the words themselves.
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2024-09-22 00:43:06