Three law enforcement sources have said that one of the two prominent Mexican drug lords may have tricked the other into boarding an aircraft to travel to the United States, following the surprise arrests of the two men in Texas.
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Attorney General Merrick Garland said that two members of the Sinaloa Cartel were captured in El Paso on Thursday: Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada GarcÃa, a co-founder of the group, and JoaquÃn Guzmán López, the son of the cartel's head, JoaquÃn “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, who is currently incarcerated. The Sinaloa Cartel is accused of a number of crimes, including the manufacturing and trafficking of fentanyl, which both men are facing.
The FBI's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the FBI worked together to make the arrests. El Chapo's kids, the "Chapitos," have taken over his criminal empire and have increased the cartel's role in fentanyl manufacture. El Chapo is currently serving a life sentence plus 30 years in prison in New York. The Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels are recognized by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as being crucial to the synthetic drug problem in the United States, specifically with regard to fentanyl and methamphetamine.
Ovidio Guzmán López, another son, was detained in Mexico in January 2023 and is currently being prosecuted in the United States on charges of narcotics possession and money laundering. In September, he entered a not guilty plea. In 2018, JoaquÃn Guzmán López and Ovidio were charged with conspiring to smuggle marijuana, cocaine, and methamphetamine into the United States.
JoaquÃn, Ovidio, and two other brothers, Iván and Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, were all charged with crimes last year; however, Iván and Alfredo are still at large. The brothers, who went by "Chapitos," assumed control of their father's drug-trafficking enterprises. The "Chapitos" faction sharply increased the cartel's emphasis on fentanyl, according to the DEA.
JoaquÃn, Ovidio, and two other brothers, Iván and Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, were all charged with crimes last year; however, Iván and Alfredo are still at large. The brothers, who went by "Chapitos," assumed control of their father's drug-trafficking enterprises. The "Chapitos" faction sharply increased the cartel's emphasis on fentanyl, according to the DEA.
Zambada GarcÃa, a co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, controlled one of the cartel’s four factions. He was involved in an internal struggle with the "Chapitos" and was most recently indicted in February on fentanyl distribution charges. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram hailed Zambada’s arrest as a major blow to the cartel's drug operations, particularly in relation to fentanyl and methamphetamine.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 107,543 drug overdose deaths in the United States last year. Approximately 74,702 of these deaths were caused by synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl. Fentanyl is produced in large quantities by the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels in Mexico, where it is then smuggled into the United States. The DEA claims that fentanyl availability is still strong despite alleged public restrictions on the drug's trafficking, raising the possibility that the bans are more of a publicity stunt than a sincere attempt to reduce manufacturing.
The prolonged battle against the synthetic drug issue that is hurting communities across the country is highlighted by the continuous investigation and legal actions taken against these well-known individuals.
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