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Oscar Lopez

Mexico investigates whether US lied about role in capture of drug lord

a light aircraft on the tarmac
A plane believed to have carried Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada García and Joaquín Guzmán Lopez, who were arrested in El Paso, Texas, is seen on the tarmac of the Dona Ana county private airport, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on 25 July 2024. Photograph: José Luis González/Reuters

Mexico has launched an investigation into whether the US lied about its involvement in the capture and secretive transfer of a top Sinaloa cartel member in 2024, in what would be a potential violation of the country’s sovereignty.

The US has long denied it played any role in the operation to detain the drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García, a founder of the Sinaloa cartel, inside Mexico. Recent reporting by the local media outlet Pie de Nota, however, suggested that the FBI was involved in his capture.

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