The banners in the northern Mexican state appeared at a time when US authorities are ramping up pressure on Mexico to act against crime groups involved in fentanyl production.
MEXICO CITY, Oct 2 - A powerful faction of the Sinaloa cartel led by the sons of ex-Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has banned fentanyl production and sales in Sinaloa, according to roadside banners, though analysts doubted the group would leave such a profitable business.
The U.S. government this year portrayed Los Chapitos, or "little Chapos", as the principal providers of fentanyl into the United States. Last month, Ovidio Guzman, the youngest of the four Los Chapitos brothers, was Leo Silva, a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent who worked in Mexico, said the banners were likely an attempt by Los Chapitos to shift the blame for fentanyl production on to others.
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