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«He may be the world's most powerful cartel boss, but he isn't very smart. All the extra vehicles at his landing site weren't suspicious.
His replacement was in place before he even got arrested.»
This is Footage of the Capture of the World's Most Powerful Cartel Boss "El Mayo" Zambada
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Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the top leader and co-founder of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, eluded the reach of U.S. law enforcement for decades as the criminal organization evolved into the world’s biggest manufacturer and smuggler of illicit fentanyl pills and other drugs to the United States.
Zambada, 76, once ran the cartel in partnership with the flashier and better-known kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, who is serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison.
Zambada and Guzmán’s son, Joaquín Guzmán López, were arrested in Texas on Thursday after they arrived aboard a private plane. Zambada was being held without bond Friday after entering a plea of not guilty to a string of drug trafficking charges in federal court in El Paso.
“He has been like the George Washington of dope in Mexico. A huge figure,” said Elaine Shannon, a U.S. journalist and author who first heard about Zambada in the mid-1980s when she was writing her book about Camarena’s 1985 killing: “Desperados: Latin Druglords, U.S. Lawmen, and the War America Can’t Win.”
The U.S. government had offered a reward of up to $15 million for information leading to Zambada’s arrest.
Zambada, 76, once ran the cartel in partnership with the flashier and better-known kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, who is serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison.
Zambada and Guzmán’s son, Joaquín Guzmán López, were arrested in Texas on Thursday after they arrived aboard a private plane. Zambada was being held without bond Friday after entering a plea of not guilty to a string of drug trafficking charges in federal court in El Paso.
“He has been like the George Washington of dope in Mexico. A huge figure,” said Elaine Shannon, a U.S. journalist and author who first heard about Zambada in the mid-1980s when she was writing her book about Camarena’s 1985 killing: “Desperados: Latin Druglords, U.S. Lawmen, and the War America Can’t Win.”
The U.S. government had offered a reward of up to $15 million for information leading to Zambada’s arrest.
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HELLRAISER 7 months ago
scorpionsrevenge 7 months ago
«Dont feed these ass hole in prison, hang them and there gone trouble over full stop
»
jdrews 7 months ago
«They will turn him into Mayonnaise and serve it to the Mexcan Prison population.»
Buzza 8 months ago
«I thought they'd never catch this guy he's been on the FBI wanted list for decades»
Dan 8 months ago
«I'm not asking for trouble Cartel, but he kind of looks like Skeletor doesn't he?»
LordTorquemada 8 months ago
«@Dan lol»
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