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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alex Croft

The cartel boss, the FBI and the small plane: Mystery surrounds arrest of notorious Mexican drug kingpin

Two years ago, the Sinaloa Cartel’s ruthless boss Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada García was bundled into a Beechcraft King Air private jet.

In a stunning betrayal by Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of drug lord ‘El Chapo’ who co-founded the cartel, Zambada says he was lured to what he thought was a meeting with senior politicians. Hours later, he would find himself in FBI handcuffs on American soil - after evading capture for nearly four decades.

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