August 10 was, for many in Mexico, a quiet Sunday like any other. But in Sinaloa—a northwestern state facing the Pacific—it was no ordinary Sunday. That day, 17 homicides were committed: one every 85 minutes.

Mexican boxing star Julio César Chávez Jr. has been deported to his native country, where he was subsequently arrested on a warrant accusing him of ties to the Sinaloa cartel.