The FBI announced Thursday that both Sinaloa cartel founder Ishmael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez — the son of the cartel's infamous…
Realistically, in the short term, the arrests will likely spur more violence in Mexico as other cartel leaders fight for controlAccording to the U.S. Department of Justice, the recent arrests of two notorious Sinaloa Cartel kingpins pushes the U.S. further along in the fight against the deadliest drug threat to the country; fentanyl.
On Friday, NBC 7 spoke to research experts on the drug trade and asked about the impact that such takedowns actually have on the flow of drugs across the border. They said that, while high-profile arrests are impactful in a symbolic way in America's effort to fight the drug trade, realistically in the short term, they actually are more likely to spur more violence in Mexico as other cartel leaders fight for control.
"I think it matters to say we are not like we're not allowing this, we're not allowing the Sinaloa Cartel to just hold its power forever and not suffer any consequences," Calderon said."I think it matters in terms of serving justice and actually doing something against criminals.... We also know that other organizations started working with fentanyl because it's very profitable, and it's easy to make, and it's pretty, like, low cost.
Mendez also said Mexico has a lot of work to do to bring its justice system up to par so that criminals face similar consequences to what they encounter in America, and that an unequal process of justice doesn’t lend itself to collaboration and a widespread impact on cartels and their power. Both Zambada and Guzman have been indicted previously . They face multiple charges in connection with the organized cartel, fentanyl manufacturing and trafficking.
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