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 stories Guzman’s son had betrayed Zambada to america.
Joaquin Guzman Lopez and Zambada, one of the crucial consequential traffickers in Mexican historical past, have been arrested final week by U.S. brokers after the aircraft through which they have been touring landed at a small airfield in New Mexico.
After the arrests, carried out with out the data of the Mexican authorities, hypothesis abounded as as to whether the 2 had surrendered or Guzman Lopez had lured Zambada right into a entice.
“A kidnapping is out of the question,” the Guzman household lawyer, Jose Luis Gonzalez, instructed Radio Components.
“No, no. Los Chapitos abide by their father’s rules and they followed the usual policy,” 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, often called “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 aircraft to america in opposition to his will.
Each Guzman Lopez and Zambada have pleaded not responsible to drug trafficking fees in U.S. courts.
The Guzman household lawyer stated the lads’s give up was voluntary and adopted about 4 years of negotiations with U.S. authorities.
