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MEXICO CITY (apro) – U.S. authorities have revealed for the first time details of the arrest of drug trafficker Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada as he landed in Texas on a private jet.
The US ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, assured this Friday that “El Mayo” Zambada was taken to US territory “against his will” and that his companion, Joaquin Guzmán López, did surrender.
His statements and those of “El Mayo” attorney Frank Perez appear to confirm the theory that the historic drug trafficker was tricked or kidnapped by one of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán’s sons and turned over to U.S. authorities.
According to Frank Pérez, his client was kidnapped and put on a plane to Texas.
According to Ken Salazar, “El Mayo” was taken “against his will” and handed over by Guzmán López.
He also clarified that there was no involvement of US authorities on the plane. “This was an operation between the cartels, where one side surrendered to the other,” the diplomat said.
He insisted: “There were no American assets involved in that operation, not American aircraft, not American pilots, not our agents or personnel in Mexico.”
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador later clarified by saying it was a covert operation by the U.S. government.
The president also said Guzman López was negotiating to surrender to his country’s authorities and that he left the door open for “El Mayo” to turn himself in.
But on Friday, the ambassador denied both possibilities and said his country respected Mexico’s sovereignty.
Ken Salazar also assured that the plane on which two drug traffickers from the Sinaloa cartel arrived in the United States took off from Sinaloa, and not from Sonora as initially stated.
Yes, the Mexican government has been informed.
During a morning meeting this Friday, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador assured that the United States “did not cooperate” with the information regarding the arrest of two drug traffickers.
However, the ambassador assured that reports on the arrests had been shared with the Mexican government and even that “these reports had been submitted to the Mexican prosecutor’s office.”
Although López Obrador denied his government’s involvement in the arrest of the drug traffickers, Ken Salazar believed the arrest represented a “great victory for both countries.”
“Both of these things (captures) were historic, but what happened would not have happened without our joint efforts with Mexico,” Salazar said.
In addition, he thanked the Mexican government “for everything it has done to create the conditions for us to have these successes.”
“This is the result of very clear work based on the principle of respect for our sovereignty and that we do this work as partners.”
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