On 2026-09-04, armed civilians entered the home of David Guadalupe Ramírez González in Tepuche, kidnapped him, and shot his brother Manuel Enrique Ramírez, 48, when he tried to stop them; Manuel died that day in the Culiacán Civil Hospital. ^[1] The Sinaloa State Attorney General's Office (FGE) reported that David Guadalupe Ramírez González, the síndico of the Tepuche community in Culiacán, was found dead on the afternoon of 2026-09-04 near a poultry farm. ^[2] Armed attackers kidnapped David Guadalupe Ramírez, the municipal judge of Tepuche, Sinaloa, at his home in the community north of Culiacán. ^[3] Misael Aguilar Espliceta, the síndico of Palmillas Village in Escuinapa, Sinaloa, remains missing as of the night of 2026-09-04, after being abducted by armed civilians on 2026-08-24. ^[4] Authorities from the Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, the Policía Investigadora de la Fiscalía General del Estado de Sinaloa, and local corporations deployed an operation to search for the judge. ^[5] The attackers fled the scene with David Guadalupe Ramírez, and his whereabouts remain unknown as of Friday afternoon. ^[6]