MEXICO CITY: The US embassy in Mexico stated on Friday (Aug 9) that Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of the notorious cartel kingpin “El Chapo,” had surrendered voluntarily whereas his father’s former associate Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada appeared to have been taken towards his will.
Each Zambada and Guzman Lopez have pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges in america and their attorneys supplied contrasting variations of their arrests.
Zambada’s lawyer stated Guzman Lopez and 6 males in navy uniforms “forcibly kidnapped” his shopper close to the Sinaloa state capital of Culiacan and flew him to america towards his will. The Guzman household lawyer denied a kidnapping and referred to as it a voluntary give up after prolonged negotiations.
The murky circumstances resulting in the Sinaloa Cartel members’ US arrest final month prompted Mexico’s president to reproach the Latin American nation’s neighbor for lack of cooperation.
“No US assets have been used within the give up. It was not our aircraft, nor our pilot, nor our individuals,” the embassy stated in a press release.
It added that no flight plan had been shared with US authorities and the pilot was neither a US citizen and nor had he been employed by the US authorities.
“This represents an excellent victory for each international locations,” the embassy stated within the assertion. “It’s the results of a really exact work primarily based on the rules of respect for our respective sovereignties and we do that work as companions.”
