US Arrest of Mexican Drug Lords Could Lead to New Charges in Their Home Country

Mexico is investigating two drug lords arrested in the United States last month for their alleged involvement in a series of crimes committed in their home countries to bring them to the United States, federal authorities said Sunday. U.S. authorities arrested Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, one of the founders of the Sinaloa Cartel, and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of Zambada's former partner Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in a surprise arrest late last month near El Paso, Texas. The two gave differing accounts of how they got on the plane to the small town's airstrip, and Zambada said Saturday (Aug. 10) that he was tricked by El Chapo's son and ambushed. Guzman, 38, denied taking Zambada by force and called the handover a voluntary surrender after lengthy negotiations between the two drug lords and the U.S. government. Mexico's Federal Attorney General's Office said in a statement Sunday that crimes committed during the trip could include murder, kidnapping and unlawful detention of a person, illegal use of aviation, illegal use of space facilities and immigration and customs violations. Mexican authorities did not directly charge Zambada and Guzman on Sunday, but said the alleged crimes were part of an investigation involving the …

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