Joaquin Guzman Lopezone of the sons of a Mexican drug dealer Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmanwill appear in federal court in Chicago, Illinois, next week, police sources said.

Guzman Lopez was arrested last Thursday near the border city of El Paso, Texas. with Ismael “El Mayo” Zambadaone of the DEA’s most wanted fugitives and co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel along with El Chapo.

In Chicago More than a dozen charges have been broughtincluding drug trafficking, money laundering and participation in a criminal organization.

The capture of Guzman Lopez and Zambada Garcia, which took place yesterday at the regional airport on the outskirts of El Paso, Taxas, represents one of the biggest blows to the drug trade in recent years.

According to a number of American media outlets, including the newspaper New York TimesGuzman Lopez brought the deceived “El Mayo” to the United States to to benefit his brother Ovidextradited to the United States last September.

The newspaper cites two US police sources who say Guzman told Zambada that the private jet trip The goal was to show him the land in Mexico..

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According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Ovidio Guzman was released from prison last Tuesday.although the US Embassy in Mexico assured this Friday that the drug trafficker remains “in custody,” and Mexico officially responded that the transfer was due to “a change in precautionary measures.”

He The newspaper “New York Times He also claims that Zambada himself, considered one of the most elusive drug traffickers in Mexico, -never been arrested- He negotiated his surrender with the US authorities for three years but never reached an agreement, as confirmed by five different sources.

If the betrayal of Joaquin Guzman’s son is confirmed, it would not be the first betrayal suffered by Ismael Zambada: his own son, Vicente Zambada Niebla, was extradited to the United States in 2010. He offered to testify as a prosecutor’s witness in the trial of “El Chapo” Guzman.and gave many details about how the Sinaloa cartel, led by his father and sons “El Chapo,” known as “Los Chapitos,” operated.

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For its part, the Mexican government rejected have any prior knowledge of the operation that led to the arrest of “El Mayo”.

Security Minister Rosa Isela Rodriguez announced this at a press conference. Mexico “did not participate” in the operation and what the United States Embassy reported on Thursday, after the arrest of both leaders had already taken place. (EFE)