By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, MARÍA VERZA and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquín …
WASHINGTON — Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another infamous cartel leader, were arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas on Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department said.
“Fentanyl is the deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced, and the Justice Department will not rest until every single cartel leader, member, and associate responsible for poisoning our communities is held accountable,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.U.S. officials have been seeking Zambada’s capture for years, and he has been charged in a number of U.S. cases.
“I’m terrified of being incarcerated,” Zambada said. “I’d like to think that, yes, I would kill myself.” Although little is known about Zambada’s early life, he is believed to have gotten his start as an enforcer in the 1970s. Zambada’s detention follows some important arrests of other Sinaloa cartel figures, including one of his sons and another son of “El Chapo” Guzmán, Ovidio Guzmán López. Zambada’s son pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court in San Diego in 2021 to being a leader in the Sinaloa cartel.
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