2024-07-27 03:49:53
The arrest of “El Mayo” by U.S. authorities made headlines in the Mexican media. July 26, 2024, Mexico City.
After two leaders of the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel were arrested in the United States, U.S. authorities claimed on Friday, July 26, that they were carrying ‘A very heavy blow’ to one of the drug trafficking networks “The world’s deadliest”.
In a particularly daring infiltration operation, the leaders of two powerful, internationally influential drug cartels were captured when their private plane landed in the US state of Texas on the border with Mexico, media revealed. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrests late Thursday into Friday but gave no details.
Joaquín Guzman Lopez, the son of famed drug lord El Chapo, was convicted and imprisoned in the United States after allegedly convincing the cartel’s co-founder Ismael Zambada Garcia, aka “El Chapo” El Mayo”) on a plane allegedly bound for southern Mexico. According to US media reports, the plane actually flew north and landed in El Paso, USA. “El Chapo”‘s son lures “El Mayo” onto a plane “With some excuse”U.S. officials revealed New York Times.
The U.S. Department of Justice soberly informed that the son Guzman Lopez, who was in his thirties, surrendered and the 76-year-old “El Mayo” was arrested. Zambada Garcia pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering charges before a federal judge in Texas on Friday, according to court documents. But his lawyer told Los Angeles Times he didn’t “Involuntary Delivery”. The next hearing is scheduled for July 31.
Mexico was not involved in the operation
In a statement on Friday, U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed “Two of the most prominent leaders of the Sinaloa drug cartel, one of the world’s deadliest organizations”captured because ‘Too many of our fellow citizens are dying from the scourge of fentanyl’.
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This powerful synthetic opiate is wreaking havoc in the United States, “The deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced””, Attorney General Merrick Garland insisted.
Mexico said it was not involved in the operation and did not know the details. Its president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, asked his U.S. neighbors “Full report”of ” respect” There’s some left “transparency”. Mexico’s Security Minister Rosa Icela Rodriguez even questioned whether “El Mayo” had been “Capture” or if he had ” Book”.
Anne Milgram, head of the U.S. federal anti-drug agency DEA, is pleased to have taken action “The core of the cartel is responsible for manufacturing most of the drugs, including fentanyl and methamphetamine, that are killing Americans” and carry “New and very tough crackdown on the Sinaloa Cartel”.
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Joaquin Guzman Lopez is one of the sons of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmam, leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel ’s co-founder is currently serving a life sentence in the United States after being convicted in 2019. According to reports, the sons of Chapitos, nicknamed “Chapitos,” inherited control of the organization.
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“El Mayo” is considered “One of the most notorious drug traffickers in Mexican history” According to the InSight Crime Analysis Center, even “Famous for being low-key” and own “Privileged enterprise trumps violence”.
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Official data shows that more than 107,000 people died from drug overdose in the United States in 2023, about 70% of which were caused by fentanyl. In Mexico, drug-trafficking-related violence is wreaking havoc, with more than 450,000 people murdered since the government launched a military offensive against drug cartels in 2006.
The drug cartel was born in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa. “Links established at the highest levels of the federal police and the Mexican military”According to Crime Insight.
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