Detained Mexican kingpin ‘El Mayo’ was ‘kidnapped’ by El Chapo’s son, lawyer says

Drug cartel leader's lawyer: 'El Mayo’ kidnapped, brought to US

HOUSTON, Texas — The lawyer of a powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who is now in US custody pushed back Sunday against claims that his client was tricked into flying into the country, saying he was “forcibly kidnapped” by the son of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada had eluded authorities for decades and had never set foot in prison until a plane carrying him and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of notorious drug kingpin “El Chapo…

Frank Pérez, the lawyer of the powerful Mexican drug leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, said that Joaquín Guzmán, the son of “Chapo” Guzmán López, the son of “Chapo” Guzmán, was arrested in the process for which the “kingpin” was arrested in El Paso, Texas, United States. The lawyer insisted that the 76-year-old man was “forcibly kidnapped” by the son of his former partner in the Sinaloa cartel. The arrest of Zambada, which occurred on Thursday, a…

Frank Pérez, the lawyer who represents Mexican drug trafficker Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, one of the founders and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, rejected the claims that his client was deceived into boarding a plane from Mexico to the United States, where he was arrested on Thursday along with a son of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, sentenced to life imprisonment.

Attorney says cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada was kidnapped and brought to U.S.

HOUSTON — The lawyer of a powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who is now in U.S. custody pushed back Sunday against claims that his client was tricked into flying into the country, saying he was “forcibly kidnapped” by the son of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Read more...

Zambada's attorney says cartel leader was kidnapped, brought to US

Houston, Texas — The lawyer of a powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who is now in U.S. custody pushed back Sunday against claims that his client was tricked into flying into the country, saying he was “forcibly kidnapped” by the son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.   Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada had eluded authorities for decades and had never set foot in prison until a plane carrying him and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, a son of notorious drug kingpin “El C…

Abogado del Mayo Zambada dice que su cliente fue "secuestrado" por el hijo del Chapo

urielblanco (CNN) — El abogado de Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, presunto cofundador del Cártel de Sinaloa, dice que su cliente “no se entregó ni negoció ningún término con el Gobierno de Estados Unidos”, sino que fue secuestrado. En una conversación telefónica y una declaración enviada a CNN este domingo, Frank Pérez dijo que Zambada, de 76 años, fue secuestrado por Joaquín Guzmán López, uno de los hijos de Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, el otro cofunda…