US EditionSon Of 'El Chapo' Guzman Had 'El Mayo' Zambada Drugged And Loaded To a Plane Headed To The U.S.: Plea Bargain
- Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, pleaded guilty to charges including the kidnapping of Ismael Zambada Garcia in a U.S. court.
- He admitted to planning the kidnapping to turn Zambada over to U.S. authorities, believing it would earn him favor with prosecutors.
- Prosecutors stated that the U.S. government did not approve of the kidnapping, which backfired and has been seen as a betrayal within the Sinaloa Cartel.
- Guzman Lopez coordinated illegal drug logistics for 'Los Chapitos,' moving billions of dollars' worth of drugs into the U.S. since 2008.
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Joaquín Guzmán López, son of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking offences in a federal court in the United States on Monday; during the trial, details were made known about the alleged kidnapping of Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada. Guzmán López arrived in the United States in 2024, on a private flight with Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, co-founder and historical leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, in what is suspected was a deception tow…
El Chapo’s Son Confesses to Kidnapping Former Ally 'El Mayo,' Gives Details of Event
The son of jailed Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera pleaded guilty to various drug trafficking charges as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. As part of the plea deal, the young drug lord Joaquin “El Guero” Guzman Lopez confessed to having planned the kidnapping of his father’s former ally, Sinaloa Cartel’s co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, in order to turn him over to U.S. authorities. | Border / Cartel Chronicles
Son Of 'El Chapo' Guzman Had 'El Mayo' Zambada Drugged And Loaded To a Plane Headed To The U.S.: Plea Bargain
Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of "El Chapo" Guzman, said he ordered a group of armed men drug fellow cartel kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada in the operation where he took him to the U.S. and turned him over to local authorities, according to his plea bargain.
Even in the dramatic annals of Mexican organized crime, last year caused shock that one of the country’s biggest drug lords was kidnapped by his ex-partner’s son and flown across the border to the hands of U.S. federal agents. History sounded so unlikely that many in Mexico, including some government officials, were skeptical that it was true.
Guzmán López acknowledges that the U.S. government did not request, induce, sanction, approve or tolerate the kidnapping. Finally it was confirmed, this time officially in documents that are already part of a file in U.S. courts, that Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was kidnapped by Joaquín Guzmán López, son of the infamous Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán [...] La entrada La treachery de los “Chapos” aparece primero en PSN Noticias.
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