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[^2]\n\nThe conflict between organized crime factions in Sinaloa has caused a historic surge in violence against women, who have become strategic assets and targets within the armed conflict. [^3]\n\nCecilia Berrelleza, 31, disappeared in July 2025 after going out to eat with friends in Mazatlán, a coastal city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa; her sister Nadia has been searching for her since. [^4]\n\nIn Sinaloa, 105 women were murdered last year, the highest number in 14 years and nearly double the previous year's total, while 299 women disappeared; 73 of the murders were investigated as feminicides, and as of July the state again led Mexico in murders of women with 153 disappearances recorded so far this year. [^5]\n\nOf the recorded homicides, 73 are being investigated under the femicide protocol, and the state recently returned to leading the country in female homicides. [^6]\n\nInvestigators told Nadia Berrelleza that an image she received showing her missing sister Cecilia blindfolded with her hands tied was generated by artificial intelligence. [^7]\n\nLydia Ojeda, a researcher at the Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa who studies feminicides, found in an analysis that only 8 percent of feminicide cases from 2015 to 2026 resulted in a conviction. 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