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Mexican drug cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada said he was ambushed and kidnapped when he thought he was going to meet the governor of the northern state of Sinaloa, then was taken against his will to the US, according to a letter released on Saturday by his lawyer. In the two-page letter, Zambada said fellow drug lord Joaquin Guzman …

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US prosecutors lay out five-count indictment against Joaquin Guzman Lopez after arrest operation in Texas last week. Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of convicted Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges in a United States court. The hearing came just days after US authorities arrested Guzman Lopez and Ismael “El …

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Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and the son of his former partner, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, were arrested on July 25 in El Paso, Texas, in a major coup for U.S. authorities that may also reshape the Mexican criminal landscape. Both Mr. Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of El Chapo, face multiple charges in the U.S. …

In a major blow to the Sinaloa drug cartel, Ismael Zambada Garcia and Joaquin Guzman Lopez were detained after landing in El Paso on a private plane. Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia and the son of his former partner, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, have been arrested in El Paso, Texas, in a major coup for United States …

Mexican drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and the son of his former partner, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, were arrested in El Paso, Texas, on Thursday, the US Justice Department said. "The Justice Department has taken into custody two additional alleged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations in the world," the …

Mexican drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and the son of his former partner, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, have been arrested in the United States. Mr Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, El Chapo's son, were taken into custody on Thursday, local time, in El Paso, Texas, the US Justice Department said. Detention follows significant Sinaloa cartel arrests Their detention follows …

In this courtroom drawing, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, second from left, stares at the jury as the judge reads the verdict in his drug trafficking trail on Tuesday in Brooklyn. Prosecutors spent 11 weeks presenting an “avalanche of evidence” that included more than 50 witnesses, 200 hours of testimony, ledgers of drug deals, a grenade launcher and videos of Guzman’s …

‘El Chapo’ is just the fall guy, Joaquin Guzman’s lawyer tells jurors in drug trial

In this courtroom sketch, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, center, listens as a prosecutor delivers closing arguments Wednesday during his federal trial in New York. The litany of cooperating witnesses against Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was a collection of scum, utter animals and lunatics, the Mexican drug lord’s lawyer told jurors Thursday. You better hope you have a Chapo to turn …

‘El Chapo’ lawyers aim to portray Joaquin Guzman as the victim of a vast conspiracy

Federal prosecutors have spent months painting Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman as the most ruthless, brilliant and powerful trafficker who ever lived, marshaling reels of clandestine tape, mountains of interdicted drugs and a jury box worth of convicted felons to try the man they say was the Napoleon of a vast narco-empire. “It’s almost like a test of …

A former associate of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has testified that the accused cartel boss once paid a $US100 million bribe to former Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto. Key points: El Chapo's right-hand man's allegations are among the trial's most explosive claims yet Former Mexico president Pena Nieto allegedly contacted El Chapo to ask for $US250 million El Chapo's lawyer …

NEW YORK — Mexico’s former top security chief and another law enforcement official who once worked under the country’s new president-elect took millions of dollars in bribes from the notorious Sinaloa drug cartel in the mid-2000s, a witness testified Tuesday at the U.S. trial of kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Former cartel member Jesus Zambada made the allegations Tuesday while …