MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The son of jailed Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman didn’t kidnap drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the Guzman household’s lawyer stated on Wednesday, following experiences Guzman’s son had betrayed Zambada to the US.
Joaquin Guzman Lopez and Zambada, probably the most consequential traffickers in Mexican historical past, have been arrested final week by U.S. brokers after the airplane through which they have been touring landed at a small airfield in New Mexico.
After the arrests, carried out with out the information of the Mexican authorities, hypothesis abounded as as to whether the 2 had surrendered or Guzman Lopez had lured Zambada right into a lure.
“A kidnapping is out of the query,” the Guzman household lawyer, Jose Luis Gonzalez, informed Radio Components.
“No, no. Los Chapitos abide by their father’s guidelines they usually adopted the standard coverage,” he stated, when requested whether or not Guzman Lopez could have betrayed the 76-year-old Zambada, who co-founded the legendary Sinaloa Cartel alongside his father.
El Chapo’s 4 sons, generally known as “Los Chapitos,” inherited their father’s faction of the cartel.
Reuters reached out to Gonzalez however was unable to get an instantaneous remark.
His account contradicts Zambada’s lawyer, Frank Perez, who stated on Saturday that Guzman Lopez “kidnapped” his shopper.
Perez stated Guzman Lopez and 6 males in navy uniforms ambushed Zambada close to the Sinaloa state capital of Culiacan and compelled him onto a airplane to the US towards his will.
Each Guzman Lopez and Zambada have pleaded not responsible to drug trafficking expenses in U.S. courts.
The Guzman household lawyer stated the boys’s give up was voluntary and adopted about 4 years of negotiations with U.S. authorities.