The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the arrest of two alleged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel. Ismael Zambada García, known as “El Mayo,” and Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of another cartel founder, were apprehended in El Paso, Texas.
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland stated that both suspects are facing multiple charges in the United States. These charges relate to their roles in the cartel’s criminal activities, including the production and trafficking of fentanyl. Garland emphasized the severity of the situation, stating, “Fentanyl is the deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced.”
The arrests of El Mayo and Guzmán López add to a growing list of cartel figures captured by U.S. authorities. This includes Joaquín Guzmán Loera, famously known as “El Chapo,” his son Ovidio Guzmán López, and Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, also known as “El Nini.”
Amid this crackdown, a previous interview with El Mayo conducted by journalist Julio Scherer has resurfaced. In this interview, El Mayo discussed various topics, particularly expressing one of his deepest fears—the fear of being captured. The journalist revealed that El Mayo was “terrified” of imprisonment, given that he had lived a life in hiding in the mountains. Many of the corridos about him often alluded to his rural lifestyle.
This story is still developing.
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