Violence in Culiacan: What do the hats and pizza boxes mean?

Last morning September 155 bodies reported in front of water park in Culiacan, Four of them were wearing hats and one had his head in a pizza box. What do these symbols mean?

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The body was reported at around 06.30. September 15their hands were tied, leaning against the warehouse wall, regardless of their clothing, they all had hats on, and according to police reports, the ages of these people ranged from aged 25 to 35 years.

More than a week has passed since the violence broke out in the state, which terrorized the population of Sinaloa, especially Culiacán, because it is a war waged by the two most dangerous cartels in the country: Mayos (Zambada) and Chapos (Guzmán).

The clash was related to the arrest Ishmael Possible ZambadaHealthy Ivan Archivaldo You Jesus Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, who is the child of Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, has been associated with participation and betrayal PossibleIndonesian: before US authorities on July 25.

Despite Mayo Zambada’s statement, issued by his lawyer, calling for peace in the entity, the wave of violence continues:

“I call on the people of Sinaloa to exercise restraint and maintain peace in our country. Nothing can be solved with violence. “We have gone down that path and we have all lost.”

Shootings in broad daylight, cancellation of classes and activities at Culiacan, two soldiers were killed, including the cancellation of the celebration of Mexico’s 114th anniversary of Independence, as a result of this inter-cartel dispute.

Hats and pizza: Symbols used in Culiacan

A study conducted by Natalia Mendoza Rockwell, PhD in Anthropology from Columbia University and a graduate of International Relations from El Colegio de México, the relationship between the elements left at the crime scenes by the cartels, gives us more information about what we can imagine. In the recent case, the hat and the pizza box are essential to understanding the subject of the confrontation.

“The majority of narco-shortcuts perform two types of discursive acts. The first is the verdict on violence. This does not only mean the imposition of an interpretation of the violent act, but also the use of the symbolic value of the death. […] “The second characteristic of narco-shortcuts is the threat. Both discursive acts derive their meaning and linguistic effectiveness from the fact of appearing next to a corpse,” the academic explains in his article Narcobanners or the Criminal’s Confine (2016).

On the one hand, there are Los Mayos led by Ismael Zambada Sicairos, son and heir of Ismail Possible Zambada, who led a criminal organization, in addition to several cells and weapons, adopted one of his father’s aliases, calling himself, Mr. Hat.

Meanwhile, the heir of Joaquín Guzmán Loera adopted the word play that was formed when given the name, because although the media knew it as Los chapitos, his subordinates called it La chapiza, a match between ch and pizza. . Just like the name of the song where Fuerza Regida and Natanael Cano gave the name “CH y la pizza”.

According to the anthropologist, drug trafficking has been updated according to generational issues, where previously narco-antas, extortion calls, were placed; now the messages are more discreet but clearer than -sometimes- the words themselves.

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