MEXICO CITY - A longtime senior leader of the Sinaloa cartel, Ismael Zambada Garcia, or "El Mayo," and a son of famed drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán were taken into custody Thursday by U.S. authorities in Texas, according to senior Mexican and U.S. officials. It was a major blow to the Sinaloa federation, a global drug-trafficking syndicate considered the No. 1 supplier of fentanyl to the United States. Zambada and the former drug lord's son, also named Joaquin Guzmán, turned themselves in, according to a former U.S. official with knowledge of the detentions. The two men are among the U.S. government's most-wanted drug traffickers, and the State Department had offered $15 million for information leading to Zambada's capture.

Source: Washington Post July 26, 2024 04:34 UTC