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Arrest of the founder of the Sinaloa cartel. Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambadawas by the US authorities on July 25 “agreed surrender” – says journalist Jesús Esquivel, confirming that, according to sources close to the case, when boarding the plane he was flying on from Mexico, the boss said: “I have arrived.”

“Even though there are conflicting accounts of what happened at Santa Teresa Airport in New Mexico, the conclusion is clear: “This issue was agreed upon with the US Department of Justice,” he said. said on Tuesday during his participation in Aristegui live.

“Agencies like the DEA and the FBI were involved in this.” He added, noting that the driving force behind the capitulation of Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, one of the sons of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, is Jesus Vicente Zambada Niebla “El Vicentillo”, the son of “El Mayo”.

And at his trial in late 2018 and early 2019 in the Eastern District Federal Court in Brooklyn, New York, “El Vicentillo” made it clear: “that his father was in contact with US authorities.”

He noted that the US government has recently published leaks about the great “boss of bosses.” had to do with the contacts that had been established with him.

“I insist that on June 6, the DEA learned that “El Mayo” Zambada suffered from diabetes and that at 76 years old, he was quite serious. And furthermore, I think “Vicentillo” leaves no room for doubt. Even the DEA had telephone contact with his father. “As I have already noted here,” he noted.

Esquivel recalls that the former Minister of Public Security will be sentenced on October 9: Genaro Garcia Luna for drug-related crimes. And in that sense, Judge Brian Cogan could sentence him to life in prison or, if the former official cooperates with authorities, his sentence could be 15 years.

In this sense, the journalist suggests that the information that García Luna could offer about his collaboration with the Sinaloa cartel could be added to the information provided to El Mayo by Zambada regarding proximity of soldiers, politicians, governors or police with cartel bosses.

“We must not lose sight of Garcia Luna’s future in the United States. I really doubt, and I say this because of the short conversations I had with his wife, who sat me down next to her during her husband’s trial. That this man is ready to spend the rest of his days behind bars. His great friends, like Felipe Calderon, had already betrayed him and abandoned him when he was arrested and during his trial,” he noted.

Please note that the US government will submit a general report to the Mexican government on the detention of Zambada, because the provision by the prosecutor of details of the ongoing investigation would be an obstruction of justice.

He therefore states that the fact that it is not clearly explained how the arrest of the capo took place, is part of the strategy the US government so as not to interfere with the trial if a criminal case is brought, and the journalist doubts whether cooperation will ultimately take place. in the “protected witness” modality.

“I didn’t see a tense ‘Mayo’ Zambada in the official photos released by the DEA. “He looks pretty bad because of the diabetes he suffers from,” he stressed, asking what the boss, who is used to traveling on small planes around the country, one could have been “so naively deceived” someone like Joaquin Guzman Lopez, who is not even considered one of the leaders of the Los Chapitos faction –

“If El Mayo El Mayo starts cooperating and seeking protected witness status, publicly say goodbye to the last boss of bosses. And what he says, what he declares, we will find out in the trial or in the secret accusation. whose seals will be lifted as soon as the US government has a guarantee that they will be able to arrest or extradite some politician, some general, some ruler, a number of characters that we all know and suspect had some connection with the drug trade. I think a lot of these people can be pointed at, in case the flies are not going to fly to the United States.”

In this case, the founder of the Sinaloa cartel will be subject to financial sanctions for his criminal activities. He recalled that El Vicentillo paid $1,300 million at the time.

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