The Mayor of the Sinaloa town was intercepted and shot at by armed men aboard a car; was unharmed.
Sinaloa, October 16 (Ríodoce).-The Mayor of Elota, Richard Millán Vázquezwas attacked gunshots yesterday when he was driving in his truck and it turned out unharmed.
Information from the police corporations indicates that the attack occurred in the Culiacán-Mazatlán highwayat kilometer 124, at the height of Jacolain Culiacan.
The #SSPSinaloa reports that, on October 15, 2025, a report was received in C4i to the effect that the municipal president of Elota was intercepted by a vehicle on the Culiacán-Mazatlán highway, whose crew tried to stop him and fired shots in the air,…
— Sinaloa Public Security (@sspsinaloa1) October 16, 2025
According to the data, the Municipal President was traveling in an armored Toyota Tacoma truck from Culiacán towards Elota when he was intercepted by armed men aboard a blue Honda car, who began to follow him.
The Mayor’s driver sped up and was chased by the hitmen for several kilometers.
The Mayor managed to reach Elota unharmed, where they asked the police corporations for support.