This combo image provided by the U.S. State Department shows Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the long-time leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, left, and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of another cartel leader, after they were detained by U.S. authorities in Texas, the U.S. Department of State reported Thursday, July 25, 2024. (US Department of State via AP) Credit: US Department of State | AP
By Andrea Espinoza
30 Jul 2024, 17:42 PM EDT
Although there is no evidence, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador does not rule out that the United States Army operated without permission to arrest Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada.
The president also expressed his dissatisfaction with the lack of information from U.S. agencies to Mexico and even said that he would seek a meeting with President Joe Biden, but will wait to have as much information as possible.
“We have to wait to be informed about this, how this situation was and the best thing is information so that we do not fall into conjectures and speculations”said AMLO
In this way, he responded to reports that personnel dressed as military personnel had collaborated in the arrest of the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, in an action that had begun in Mexico and concluded in El Paso, Texas, where he was officially arrested.
López Obrador questioned the detention of two drug traffickers arrested on Thursday in El Paso, Texas, after getting off a plane that left Mexico without the knowledge of the Mexican government.
President He pointed out that although it was reported that there were negotiations between the US government and Guzmán López for the drug lord to surrender in that country, the truth is that they did not inform Mexico about these alleged agreements either..
He also expressed his disagreement with the information that the US authorities have provided to Mexico about both arrests, despite his complaints he said that his government maintains cooperation with the United States in the fight against drug trafficking, finally, given the risk of violence in Sinaloa, the base of the Cartel led by the sons of El Chapo, he asked to avoid confrontations and to bet on peace.
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