"MEXICO CITY (AP) Armed men entered through a window to ambush Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the most elusive of the Sinaloa cartel's leaders, who was then loaded onto a plane, drugged and spirited across the border to the United States, according to details revealed Monday in the plea hearing of the drug trafficker who abducted him. Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the 39-year-old son of former Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman,"
"As part of that plea agreement, U.S. prosecutors shared what had been one of the central questions in the hours and days immediately after Zambada fell into U.S. hands in July 2024. How did the wily drug capo who had stayed ahead of authorities for decades end up in the United States like a present tied with bow? The plea agreement did not name Zambada, but in the days after his arrest, one of his lawyers shared a letter from him that explained he had been"
Armed men entered through a window, ambushed Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, loaded him onto a plane, drugged him and transported him into the United States. Joaquín Guzmán López pleaded guilty in Chicago to two counts of drug trafficking and continuing criminal enterprise after admitting oversight of transporting tens of thousands of kilograms of drugs to the U.S. U.S. prosecutors disclosed details of the abduction during his plea hearing. The plea accord did not name Zambada. A lawyer for the captive shared a letter describing an abduction at a meeting called by Guzmán López. U.S. officials said the kidnapping sought to demonstrate cooperation but was not sanctioned.
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