MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada will seem in federal court docket in El Paso on Friday after he and the son of one other drug lord had been arraigned on Thursday Arrested in El Paso, Texas.
Courtroom information present Zambada’s first look is scheduled earlier than U.S. Justice of the Peace Decide Anne Berton. Zambada’s protection lawyer didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Joaquín Guzmán Lopez, the son of Zambada and Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, faces a number of costs in america for funneling massive portions of fentanyl and different medicine onto U.S. streets.
Their detention is a big achievement for U.S. regulation enforcement and will shake up Mexico’s drug mannequin.
Mexican Safety Minister Rosa Rodriguez stated on Friday that the Mexican authorities was conscious of the U.S. authorities’s detentions however that Mexican authorities weren’t concerned within the operation.
Zambada, who’s believed to be in his 70s, and Guzmán Lopez, who’s in his 30s, had been detained after their non-public airplane landed within the El Paso space.
Zambada co-founded the Sinaloa drug cartel with “El Chapo,” who was extradited to america in 2017 and is at present serving a life sentence in a most safety jail.
