US ambassador to Mexico states no UnitedStates resources were included in the elimination of El Mayo from Mexico to arrest in Texas.
Published On 10 Aug 2024
The UnitedStates ambassador to Mexico has acknowledged that drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia was brought to the United States versus his will when he showedup in Texas in July on a aircraft along with fellow drug lord Joaquin Guzman Lopez, child of the notorious cartel kingpin “El Chapo”.
Zambada Garcia’s attorney had earlier declared that El Mayo, 76, the longtime chief of the Sinaloa drug cartel, hadactually been abducted from Mexico by Guzman Lopez and 6 guys in military uniforms who flew him to the UnitedStates versus his will.
US Ambassador Ken Salazar stated on Friday that “the proof we saw … is that they had brought El Mayo Zambada versus his will”.
“This was an operation inbetween cartels, where one turned the other one in,” Salazar stated, including that no UnitedStates resources were included in El Mayo being brought into the nation.
The Guzman household legalrepresentative has rejected a kidnapping took location and called it a voluntary surrender after extended settlements.
The arrest of El Mayo hasactually sparked fears in Mexico of a brand-new wave of violence and instability, as well as possible degeneration of relations with the UnitedStates as the ambassador’s declaration came hours after Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador grumbled “there is no cooperation” from Washington on clarifying the scenarios around the arrests of Zambada Garcia and Guzman Lopez.
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