Jorge G. Castañeda, Opinion: The Bigger Story Behind the Humiliating Release of El Chapo's Son, in The New York Times, 23 ottobre 2019. URL consultato il 3 novembre 2019.
«The battle of Culiacán illustrates that the Sinaloa cartel is no weaker today than before the war on drugs began. [...] Days before the battle of Culiacán, 14 policemen were massacred in the town of Aguililla, in the state of Michoacán [...]»