The US authorities have dealt a decisive blow to the Sinaloa Cartelwith the arrest of Ismael El May Zambada, and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, The Blondin El Paso, Texas (United States).
‘The Justice Department has arrested two more alleged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations in the world. Ismael Zambada Garcia, The Mayco-founder of the criminal group, and Joaquin Guzman Lopezson of its other co-founder, were arrested on July 25 in El Paso, Texas,’ the US Department of Justice said in a statement.
Who is Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the fourth ‘Chapito’?
Joaquin Guzman Lopez, alias El Blond, Dark I Güero Moreno He began his career in drug trafficking at an early age, after inherit his brother’s power Edgar Guzmán López, who was murdered on May 8, 2008, in Culiacan, Sinaloa.
According to the United States Department of Justice, Joaquin and his brother Ovidio Guzman Lopez, El Mousewho is currently in prison in the US, invested large amounts of cash in the purchase of marijuana in Mexico and cocaine in Colombia. In Argentina, they acquired ephedrine and ventured into the production of methamphetamine.
Currently the children of Joaquin El Chapo Guzmán, known as Los Chapitos, are accused of trafficking and manufacturing fentanyl.
Since 2018, the Guzmán López brothers have been charged by the District of Columbia with conspiracy to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine, 500 grams of methamphetamine and 1,000 kilograms of marijuana.
In 2023, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned Joaquín Guzmán López for allegedly leading the illicit trafficking of fentanyl towards the neighboring country to the north.
Which of ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán’s children are still at large?
According to the United States, the cell of The Chapitos He rose to prominence in 2016 after the arrest of his father, Joaquín Guzmán Loera.
Leadered by Edgar Guzman (1986-2008) Ovidio Guzman, Ivan Archivaldo Salazar, Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar and Joaquin Guzman Lopezhas suffered various blows from the authorities of Mexico and the US.
In 2008, Edgar Guzmán López was in the parking lot of the City Club shopping center, located north of the Tres Ríos Urban Development, in Culiacán, Sinaloa. The perpetrators were identified as gunmen of the Chapo Guzmán, who confused the capo’s son with the Beltran Leyva brothers.
In early 2024, the criminal cell suffered a major blow with the recapture of Ovidio Guzman, who is currently facing trial in the United States.
Currently the brothers Ivan Archivaldo Salazar and Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar They are the only leaders of Los Chapitos who are at large.
