El Chapo
The latest reports on Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera’s Sinaloa cartel and its Chicago ties.
El Mayo, whose real name is Ismael Zambada Garcia, evaded U.S. authorities for years, even after they captured Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera. El Mayo ran the white-collar side of the multibillion-dollar Mexican drug cartel, authorities have said.
Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum faces main opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez, a tech entrepreneur and former senator.
El Departamento de Estado ha pagado más de $180 millones en recompensas desde 1986 por la captura de más de 90 personas.
The State Department has paid some $180 million since 1986 for the capture of more than 90 people. A $3 million reward was posted for Nestor Isidro Perez Salas, who authorities say assassinated Mexican cops and a DEA informant on orders from the sons of the imprisoned Sinaloa cartel kingpin.
Glenis Zapata, 34, of Lafayette, Indiana, who was working as a flight attendant, was indicted in Chicago on charges that she helped cocaine traffickers transport $310,000 in drug proceeds to Mexico on commercial airline trips.
Adan Casarrubias Salgado led the Guerreros Unidos cartel, which has been blamed for the presumed massacre of 43 college students in Mexico in 2014.
Alfredo Vasquez-Hernandez, 68, was one of the top Sinaloa members to be sentenced in Chicago.
Authorities say Oscar Manuel Gastelum Iribe, as head of the Beltran Leyva Organization, conspired to import tons of heroin and cocaine.
Nestor Isidro Pérez Salas was being sought in the U.S. on charges of conspiracy to import and distribute fentanyl.
Armando Flores, hermano de Margaritoy Pedro Flores, admitió haber escondido $2.3 millones de los ingresos de drogas de los gemelos bajo su porche trasero en Texas. Le concedieron “tiempo cumplido” por los 19 meses que pasó en la cárcel.
La esposa de uno de los gemelos Flores dice en el podcast que su mayor temor es estar sola, lejos de su familia, en prisión.
Los federales señalaron que el dinero se generó “a través de la venta de miles de kilogramos de drogas en los Estados Unidos”.
The feds pointed out the $2.3 million Valerie Gaytan stashed was generated “through the sale of thousands of kilograms of drugs in the United States ... that harmed individuals and communities in countless ways.”
Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 33, is charged with taking over a ruthless Mexican cartel that trafficked drugs into Chicago and the U.S.
El Chapo also faced federal drug charges in Chicago, but was ultimately was prosecuted in federal court in Brooklyn. Now his son will likely be arraigned at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse.
Peso Pluma —the first regional Mexican star to perform at the VMA’s on Tuesday night — has not commented on the threat by the Jalisco New Generation cartel.