
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada García, a prominent figure in the Sinaloa Cartel, was detained today by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents, confirmed the U.S. Department of Justice The arrest, which took place at an airport in El Paso, Texas, follows a meticulous investigation that has been ongoing for decades.
He was with Joaquín Guzmán López, one of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera's children. El Mayo and El Chapo were co-leaders of the sanguinary Cartel de Sinaloa.