"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 on 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, pleaded guilty to two counts of drug trafficking"
"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 called to a meeting with Guzman Lopez and there he had been abducted."
Armed assailants entered through a window, ambushed Ismael El Mayo Zambada, loaded him onto a plane, drugged him and transported him across the border to the United States. Joaquin Guzman Lopez pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and admitted overseeing transport of tens of thousands of kilograms of drugs to the US. Prosecutors revealed that the victim had been called to a meeting with Guzman Lopez and abducted there. US attorneys said the alleged kidnapping aimed to show cooperation with Washington, which did not sanction the operation, and said Guzman Lopez would not receive cooperation credit. Mexico protested and experts questioned whether the operation could occur without US knowledge.
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