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Mexican prosecutors suggest a son of 'El Chapo' made a deal with the U.S. to get his brother out of prison

An image of Ovidio Guzmán released by the Mexican government in October 2019 when he was briefly captured but freed after his cartel waged all-out war. (Credit: AFP)

Mexican prosecutors are saying that recent developments regarding the fate of top cartel leaders are a result of a deal with U.S. authorities. Concretely, they are suggesting that Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of "El Chapo" Guzmán, turned himself in and managed to hand over Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada to American authorities in exchange for getting his brother Ovidio transferred out of prison.

The country's attorney general's office said that U.S. authorities have also not been responding to related information requests. American officials have rejected the allegations, saying they only learned about it after the aircraft taking both cartel leaders took off and went to Texas.

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