Sinaloa Community Leader Kidnapped, Brother Killed in Armed Attack

David Guadalupe Ramírez, Sinaloa community leader, was kidnapped after his brother was killed defending him.

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David Guadalupe Ramírez, the community leader (síndico) of Tepuche in Sinaloa, was kidnapped by an armed group early Friday morning, September 4, 2026. ^[1] Manuel Enrique, the 48-year-old brother of David Guadalupe Ramírez, was shot in the head by the attackers and died minutes after arriving at a hospital in Culiacán. ^[2] David Guadalupe González Ramírez, the mayor of Tepuche in Culiacán, Sinaloa, was found murdered on the afternoon of September 4, 2026. ^[3] Local emergency services 911 received a notification around 7:00 AM regarding the admission of a man injured by a gunshot to a hospital in Culiacán. ^[4] Manuel Enrique, the brother of the mayor, was seriously injured during the incident and was transported to a hospital for medical attention. ^[5] The body was discovered in the late afternoon near a farm located a few meters from the main entrance to the Tepuche municipality, north of Culiacán. ^[6] The mayor was found dead hours after being detained on the same day. ^[7] The body of David Guadalupe was discovered at the same location where his brother, Manuel Enrique, had been found injured hours earlier. ^[8] This incident marks the second assassination of a municipal judge in Tepuche this year, following the killing of Héctor Bartolo Zamudio on March 31. ^[9]

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David Guadalupe Ramírez, the community leader (síndico) of Tepuche in Sinaloa, was kidnapped by an armed group early Friday morning, September 4, 2026. · López-Dóriga Digital

Manuel Enrique, the 48-year-old brother of David Guadalupe Ramírez, was shot in the head by the attackers and died minutes after arriving at a hospital in Culiacán. · López-Dóriga Digital

David Guadalupe González Ramírez, the mayor of Tepuche in Culiacán, Sinaloa, was found murdered on the afternoon of September 4, 2026. · Quadratín Michoacán

Local emergency services 911 received a notification around 7:00 AM regarding the admission of a man injured by a gunshot to a hospital in Culiacán. · López-Dóriga Digital

Manuel Enrique, the brother of the mayor, was seriously injured during the incident and was transported to a hospital for medical attention. · Quadratín Michoacán

The body was discovered in the late afternoon near a farm located a few meters from the main entrance to the Tepuche municipality, north of Culiacán. · Quadratín Michoacán

The mayor was found dead hours after being detained on the same day. · Quadratín Michoacán

The body of David Guadalupe was discovered at the same location where his brother, Manuel Enrique, had been found injured hours earlier. · El Financiero

This incident marks the second assassination of a municipal judge in Tepuche this year, following the killing of Héctor Bartolo Zamudio on March 31. · El Financiero

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