Mexican state of Sinaloa: bountiful in soybeans, drugs, violence

By Michael Koziol
Updated November 30 2015 - 6:08pm, first published 5:46pm
Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman, from Golden Bay in Perth, were surfing in Mexico. Photo: Facebook
Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman, from Golden Bay in Perth, were surfing in Mexico. Photo: Facebook
Guns seized from drug cartels by the military in Mexico's Sinaloa state, December 2009. Photo: Adriana Zehbrauskas
Guns seized from drug cartels by the military in Mexico's Sinaloa state, December 2009. Photo: Adriana Zehbrauskas

When Australian surfers Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman ventured into the Mexican state of Sinaloa, they must have known they were entering one of the world's most dangerous territories.

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