Amid eroding trust between the U.S. and Mexico on security issues, Mexican officials were caught off guard by the arrest of Sinaloa cartel leaders Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García and Joaquín Guzmán López.
Days after the surprise arrest on U.S. soil of two of Mexico's most wanted fugitives, the details of what exactly transpired remain murky. Among those questioning how the powerful drug traffickers ended up in handcuffs at a private airport outside El Paso is Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who said this week that U.S. authorities have kept his government in the dark about the operation. “We need more information,' he said. 'We need them to tell the truth.
officials simply don’t trust their Mexican counterparts in a nation where cartels control vast stretches of territory and have long paid off local cops, mayors and high-ranking officials. “Los gringos were not going to confide in the Mexican government for an operation that was so delicate, historic and sensitive,” columnist Carlos Marín wrote in Mexico’s Milenio newspaper.
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