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Mexico president blames U.S. for cartel killings as violence surges in Sinaloa after leaders arrested

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President Andrés Manuel López Obrador blames U.S. in part for surge in cartel violence in Sinaloa state.

At least 30 people have been killed in the state capital of Culiacan in the past week .

Two warring factions of the cartel have clashed in what appears to be a fight for power since two of its leaders were arrested in the United States .

Guzmán was a member of the Chapitos — "little Chapos " — faction of the Sinaloa cartel, made up of Chapo 's sons.

The group smuggles millions of doses of the deadly fentanyl into the United States .

El Chapo is serving a life sentence in a maximum security prison in Colorado .

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