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Mexican Government Starts Treason Investigation Over U.S. Arrest of Top Sinaloa Boss

2024-08-14

[Breitbart] Mexican federal prosecutors announced that they had begun a treason investigation against various individuals who played a role in the controversial U.S. arrest of top Sinaloa Cartel Boss Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada. According to the cartel boss, the arrest came after individuals with the Chapitos faction of the cartel kidnapped him and turned him over to U.S. authorities at an airport near El Paso.

In a prepared statement, Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office announced an investigation into the charges related to treason against the nation, illegal flights, illegal use of flight facilities, kidnapping, and immigration violations.

The investigation comes after several differing versions emerged following the surprise arrest. As Breitbart Texas initially reported, on July 25, a plane landed in a private airport in New Mexico with Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of El Mayo’s longtime associate El Chapo. The arrest caused much discontent in Mexico, where Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the following day that his government had not played any role in the incident. The president demanded a full investigation to learn if the U.S. government had violated his country’s illusory sovereignty during the arrest.

A bombshell report by Mexican journalist Juan Cedillo and British journalist Ioan Grillo revealed that Guzman Lopez and others had lured Zambada to a meeting, killed his bodyguards, kidnapped him, and taken him to the U.S. by force as part of an agreement with prosecutors, Breitbart Texas reported. The report also named a Mexican politician who had played a role in brokering the meeting and who has since been murdered.

Posted by:Skidmark

#3 YJCMTSU! It is treason to facilitate the arrest of the top Sinaloa Cartel Boss?

Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-08-14 14:49

#2 As a branch of the Mexican Gov't doesn't he and his compadres have diplomatic immunity?

Posted by: Mercutio 2024-08-14 08:38

#1 Nice to show whose side they're really on.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-08-14 07:24

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