{"id":2308642,"date":"2024-07-25T23:16:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T03:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deadly-sinaloa-cartel-leader-el-mayo-arrested-in-texas-doj-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T23:19:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T03:19:33","slug":"sinaloa-cartel-leader-el-mayo-arrested-in-texas-according-to-doj-washington-examiner-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sinaloa-cartel-leader-el-mayo-arrested-in-texas-according-to-doj-washington-examiner-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinaloa cartel leader &#8216;El Mayo&#8217; arrested in Texas, according to DOJ &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsinaloa-cartel-leader-el-mayo-arrested-in-texas-according-to-doj-washington-examiner-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2308642&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ismael &#8220;El Mayo&#8221; Zambada, a leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, was \u200carrested in Texas as part of a Department of Justice (DOJ) sting operation. He is \u2063accused of leading fentanyl manufacturing and trafficking networks that have contributed to a significant rise \u2063in drug-related deaths\u2064 in the U.S. since 2016. \u200cThe DOJ describes fentanyl as the \u200bdeadliest\u2064 drug threat \u200dfacing the nation. Alongside Zambada, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, \u2063the son of another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-mexican-cartels-shoot-at-commercial-jetliner-passengers-duck-on-the-floor\/\" title=\"WATCH: Mexican Cartels Shoot At Commercial Jetliner, Passengers Duck On The Floor\">notorious cartel leader<\/a>, was also apprehended\u2064 in El Paso. \u200bAttorney General Merrick Garland announced\u2063 the arrests, highlighting\u2062 the ongoing efforts to combat one of the most powerful drug\u2063 trafficking organizations globally.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Deadly Sinaloa cartel leader &lsquo;El Mayo&rsquo; arrested in Texas: DOJ<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1538135\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mexican<\/a> cartel leader Ismael &ldquo;El Mayo&rdquo; Zambada was arrested in Texas for spearheading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/drugs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>fentanyl<\/a> manufacturing and trafficking networks, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Department of Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>El Mayo is the alleged ringleader of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sinaloa-cartel-leader-el-mayo-arrested-in-texas-doj-reports-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Sinaloa cartel leader &#039;El Mayo&#039; arrested in Texas, DOJ reports - Washington Examiner\">notorious drug trafficking ring<\/a> that funnels fentanyl into the United States. His arrest in the Justice Department&rsquo;s sting operation, alongside fellow gang leader Joaquin Guzman Lopez, comes as the DOJ states that fentanyl is the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-cruz-only-billionaires-human-traffickers-and-fentanyl-dealers-are-better-off-under-biden\/\" title=\"Sen Cruz: Only Billionaires, Human Traffickers, and Fentanyl Dealers Are Better Off Under Biden\">deadliest drug threat<\/a> our country has ever faced.&rdquo; Fentanyl trafficking into the U.S. surged in 2016, and hundreds of thousands of Americans have died because of the drug over the past five years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This image provided by the State Department shows Ismael &ldquo;El Mayo&rdquo; Zambada, a historic leader of Mexico&rsquo;s Sinaloa cartel. Zambada and Joaqu&iacute;n Guzm&aacute;n L&oacute;pez, a son of another infamous cartel leader, were arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas, the Justice Department said Thursday, July 25, 2024. (U.S. Department of State via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The DOJ announced it had arrested the two Sinaloa cartel leaders in El Paso, Texas, in a press release on Thursday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Justice Department has taken into custody two additional alleged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most violent and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sinaloa-cartel-leader-el-mayo-arrested-in-texas-according-to-doj-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Sinaloa cartel leader &#039;El Mayo&#039; arrested in Texas, according to DOJ - Washington Examiner\">powerful drug trafficking organizations<\/a> in the world,&rdquo; Attorney General Merrick Garland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-statement-arrests-alleged-leaders-sinaloa-cartel-ismael\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a statement. &ldquo;Ismael Zambada Garcia, or &lsquo;El Mayo,&rsquo; cofounder of the Cartel, and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, a son of its other cofounder, were arrested today in El Paso, Texas.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lopez convinced El Mayo to get on a private plane and told him they were going south in Mexico, but instead, the plane went north into El Paso, where agents were waiting for the two leaders, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BryanLlenas\/status\/1816652204939375082\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> a source speaking with Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez reportedly turned on El Mayo because he was upset with the leader over the 2016 capture of Lopez&rsquo;s father, Joaquin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/el-chapo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>&ldquo;El Chapo&rdquo;<\/a> Guzman.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Sinaloa cartel is one of the most powerful criminal gangs in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>El Mayo&rsquo;s capture follows the Drug Enforcement Administration crackdown on his criminal group earlier this year. In April, the DEA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/2984482\/dea-major-blow-sinaloa-cartel-arrests-drug-seizures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>dealt a major blow<\/a> to the Sinaloa cartel when it arrested 15 gang members and seized enough fentanyl to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dea-delivers-major-blow-to-sinaloa-cartel-with-15-arrests-and-enormous-drug-seizures\/\" title=\"DEA deals heavy blow to Sinaloa Cartel: 15 arrests and massive drug busts\">manufacture 10 million fatal doses<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1538135\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1538135\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**Sinaloa Cartel Leader &#8216;El Mayo&#8217; Arrested in Texas: DOJ**<\/p>\n<p>Ismael \u201cEl Mayo\u201d Zambada, a prominent leader of the Sinaloa cartel, has been apprehended in Texas for leading operations related to fentanyl production and distribution, as reported by the Department of Justice. Zambada is accused of being the mastermind behind a significant drug trafficking network that supplies fentanyl to the U.S. His arrest, part of a sting operation by the DOJ, occurred alongside fellow cartel leader Joaquin Guzman Lopez. The DOJ has emphasized that fentanyl represents the &#8220;deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced,&#8221; with trafficking rates escalating since 2016, resulting in hundreds of thousands of American fatalities over the last five years.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ confirmed the arrests of Zambada and Guzman Lopez in El Paso, Texas, in a press release on July 25, 2024. Attorney General Merrick Garland stated, \u201cThe Justice Department has taken into custody two additional alleged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations in the world.\u201d Zambada, a co-founder of the cartel, and Guzman Lopez, the son of another notorious cartel leader, were captured after Lopez misled Zambada into boarding a private plane, claiming they were heading to Mexico, while it actually flew to El Paso where law enforcement was waiting.<\/p>\n<p>The Sinaloa cartel is recognized as one of Mexico&#8217;s most formidable criminal organizations. Zambada&#8217;s arrest follows a significant crackdown by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on his cartel earlier this year, which included the arrest of 15 gang members and the seizure of enough fentanyl to produce 10 million lethal doses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2308643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/22El-Mayo22-Zambada.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5175,7076,36243,36242,3694],"class_list":["post-2308642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arrest","tag-doj","tag-el-mayo","tag-sinaloa-cartel","tag-texas"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/22El-Mayo22-Zambada.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2308642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2308643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2308642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2308642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2308642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}