Prosecutors are seeking life imprisonment for former Mexican drug czar Genaro García Luna, hours after Mexico’s president said Washington is ‘ jointly responsible’ for the violence that has broken out

STORY: More than 100 people are dead or missing in Mexico's western Sinaloa state since rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel began clashing on Sept 9, with the gruesome violence showing no signs of stopping.

The trigger for the conflict between the two most powerful factions of the Sinaloa Cartel dates back to July when Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was arrested in the US.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday blamed the US in part for a surge in cartel violence in the northern state of Sinaloa that has left at least 30 people dead in the past week.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has blamed the United States in part for the surge in cartel violence terrorizing the northern state of Sinaloa which has left at least 30 people dead in the past week.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the United States is partially responsible for a wave of violence in the state of Sinaloa that has left dozens dead in the past two weeks, with bodies repeatedly found on public streets and highways.