Did one Mexican drug lord trick or force another into boarding a plane to Texas to be arrested?
The son of jailed Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán and another cartel leader, 'El Mayo' Zambada García were arrested Thursday in El Paso, Texas.
After the surprise arrests of two alleged Sinaloa Cartel drug lords in Texas, three law enforcement officials say investigators think one of the men may have fooled the other into getting on a plane to the U.S.
The attorney for one of the alleged drug lords, however, now says his client was "forcibly kidnapped."
Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel boss known as “El Chapo," and cartel co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García were arrested Thursday in El Paso.
Joaquín Guzmán López arrives in the Chicago area in the custody of FBI, DEA and HSI agents on Friday morning.Obtained by NBC NewsThe three law enforcement sources say authorities are looking into whether Guzmán tricked “El Mayo” Zambada into boarding the U.S.-bound airplane. The plane went first to New Mexico and then to El Paso, where the two men were arrested and taken into custody.
On Sunday, an attorney for "El Mayo" told NBC News that his client had been ambushed and flown against his will to the U.S. "My client neither surrendered nor negotiated any terms with the U.S. government," said Frank Perez. "Joaquin Guzmán López forcibly kidnapped my client. He was ambushed, thrown to the ground, and handcuffed by six men in military uniforms and Joaquin. His legs were tied, and a black bag was placed over his head. He was then thrown into the back of a pickup truck and taken to a landing strip. There, he was forced onto a plane, his legs tied to the seat by Joaquin, and brought to the U.S. against his will. The only people on the plane were the pilot, Joaquin and my client."
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