Mexican authorities have implicated the U.S. government in the alleged kidnapping of a drug lord who was flown north of the border by rivals and handed over to authorities as part of a federal kidnapping and treason investigation being conducted by Mexican authorities following the arrest of one of the Sinaloa Cartel's top leaders, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada.
In a prepared statement from Mexico's Attorney General's Office, authorities claim that Zambada's kidnapping and subsequent arrest began two days before Ovidio “El Raton” Guzman was released from a U.S. prison. “El Raton” is one of the sons of Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. The FGR claims that Ovidio's whereabouts remain unknown.
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— FGR Mexico (@FGRMexico) August 29, 2024
Two days later, Ovidio's brother, Joaquín Guzmán López, supposedly kidnapped El Mayo during a meeting, Breitbart Texas reported. The kidnappers put him in a small plane and flew him to a small private airport near El Paso, where US federal agents arrested the two. The incident caused great confusion within the Mexican government, and the FGR opened kidnapping and treason investigations against Guzmán and others who may have been involved in the incident.
At the time of El Mayo's arrest, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador adamantly denied his government's involvement in the operation and alleged that U.S. authorities may have been meddling in Mexican affairs.
In a statement, the FGR said it had requested, through various channels, information about the identity of the pilot and the plane used in the kidnapping investigation from the US government, but the US government has not responded to its requests.
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