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A week after US authorities detained El Chapo's son Joaquin Guzman Lopez and Sinaloa cartel co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, it appears that Lopez may indeed be cooperating with federal authorities to get a lighter sentence. penalty. .
According Raw story, before López kidnapped Zambada and forced him onto a flight to the U.S. where they were both arrested, Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador says El Chapo's son held talks with U.S. authorities before he eventually surrendered along with a reluctant Ismael Zabada. Talk about not going down alone.
While it was rumored that Lopez was indeed cooperating with the US Department of Justice before he turned himself in, no one was sure that was the case. Once Zambada's lawyer suggested that his client was kidnapped and forced to fly with Lopez to the US, it appeared that this actually happened.
Now, with confirmation from the president of Mexico, it appears that Joaquin Guzman Lopez did indeed go the Tekashi 6ix9ine route to the Sinaloa Cartel.
Raw story References:
“What (the Americans) told us was about Guzman Lopez, that they had talks with him and that suddenly not only Guzman Lopez arrived but also Mr. Zambada,” the president said at his regular press briefing.
Security Secretary Rosa Icela Rodriguez previously said U.S. agents had about two hours' notice that Zambada — one of Mexico's most wanted drug traffickers — was on the plane.
Both men were arrested after landing at an airport near El Paso on July 25, but the details of their arrest remain unclear.
U.S. authorities have not officially confirmed any conversation with Guzman Lopez prior to the arrest, nor the existence of an agreement to hand Zambada over to U.S. law enforcement.
Interestingly enough, the US State Department had a $15 million reward on the table for the capture of the 76-year-old Zapata and $5 million for Lopez. You have to wonder if Lopez will get any of that bonus as he delivered them both. I am just saying'.
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