Everything to know about capture of ‘El Mayo’ and son of Sinaloa cartel founder ‘El Chapo’
By
Jack Birle
July 26, 2024 1:05 pm
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The Justice Department announced Thursday the capture of two leaders of the Sinaloa cartel as part of an effort to combat the fentanyl epidemic.
The arrests of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, is a major victory for U.S. law enforcement, who have worked to thwart the flow of drugs into the country through various drug cartels, including the Sinaloa cartel. U.S. law enforcement used internal rifts within the historic cartel to get the kingpins onto a plane headed for El Paso, Texas, for the dramatic capture.
Zambada, who was the alleged ringleader of the operation that funnels fentanyl into the United States, boarded the El Paso-bound plane, thinking it was going to inspect property in Mexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border, a law enforcement official told CNN. The official also said Guzman Lopez helped to capture Zambada.
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