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Mexican drug lord El Mayo brought to US against his will with El Chapo’s son

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Mexican drug lord El Mayo brought to US against his will with El Chapo’s son

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Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was brought to the United States against his will, allegedly by the son of his former partner, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. 

The US ambassador to Mexico has confirmed El Mayo did not travel willingly when he arrived in Texas with Joaquín Guzmán López.  

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 El Mayo is charged in a number of US cases, including in New York and California.

Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was brought to the United States against his will when he arrived in Texas on a plane with the son of imprisoned drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.

The US ambassador to Mexico confirmed El Mayo did not willingly travel to the US in July when he arrived with fellow drug lord Joaquín Guzmán López.

El Mayo’s lawyer had earlier claimed that the long-time alleged chief of the Sinaloa cartel had been kidnapped.

But officials had not confirmed that, and El Mayo’s age and apparent ill health led some to speculate he turned himself in.

US ambassador Ken Salazar said: “The evidence we saw … is that they had brought El Mayo Zambada against his will.”

El Mayo is the alleged leader of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel.(Reuters: Gustavo Graf)

“This was an operation between cartels, where one turned the other one in,” Mr Salazar said.

El Mayo’s faction of the Sinaloa cartel has been engaged in fierce fighting with another faction, led by the sons of El Chapo.

Guzmán López is the half-brother of the factional leaders.

Mr Salazar said no US personnel, resources or aircraft were involved in the flight on which Guzmán López turned himself in, and that US officials were “surprised” when the two showed up at an airport outside El Paso, Texas on July 25.

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