Mexican drug lord Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada and the son of his former partner, Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, were arrested in El Paso, Texas, on Thursday.
Mexican drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and the son of his former partner, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, were arrested in El Paso , Texas , on Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department said.Mexican drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and the son of his former partner, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, were arrested in El Paso , Texas , on Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of El Chapo, face multiple charges in the U.S. "for heading the Cartel's criminal operations, including its deadly fentanyl manufacturing and trafficking networks," the statement said.Two U.S. officials told Reuters that Zambada and Guzman Lopez were detained after landing in a private plane.
After El Chapo's extradition, his criminal empire was inherited by four of his sons -- known as Los Chapitos, or Little Chapos -- who took over his faction of the cartel and became some of the biggest exporters of fentanyl to the United States.
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