{"id":88133,"date":"2026-07-07T18:18:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mexico-investigating-possible-u-s-violation-in-2024-capture-of-infamous-cartel-leader-someone-lied\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:18:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:18:33","slug":"mexico-investigating-possible-u-s-violation-in-2024-capture-of-infamous-cartel-leader-someone-lied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mexico-investigating-possible-u-s-violation-in-2024-capture-of-infamous-cartel-leader-someone-lied\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico investigating possible U.S. violation in 2024 capture of infamous cartel leader: &#8220;Someone lied&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Mexico said Tuesday it is investigating whether its sovereignty was violated by the United States in the 2024 capture of drug lord Ismael &#8220;El Mayo&#8221; Zambada, in the latest flareup of diplomatic tensions over Washington&#8217;s war on cartels.<\/p>\n<p> The inquiry comes after the FBI displayed in an exhibition <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/narco-history-plane-used-in-arrest-of-two-mexican-drug-lords-on-display-in-santa-teresa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the plane<\/a> used to bring most-wanted Zambada, co-founder of the notorious Sinaloa cartel, to the United States.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;If one of the U.S. agencies participated in this operation, they would be violating international treaties and the (Mexican) constitution,&#8221; President Claudia Sheinbaum said at her daily press conference.<\/p>\n<p> Zambada was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sinaloa-cartel-leader-ismael-el-mayo-zambada-arrested-texas\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">arrested in the United States<\/a> in July 2024 alongside Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of Sinaloa cartel co-founder Joaquin &#8220;El Chapo&#8221; Guzman, who is also imprisoned.<\/p>\n<p> When Guzman Lopez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/son-el-chapo-joaquin-guzman-lopez-pleads-guilty-us-drug-trafficking\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">pleaded guilty<\/a> to U.S. narcotrafficking charges last December, he admitted to having kidnapped Zambada to bring him to the United States \u2014 a betrayal meant to win favor with U.S. authorities. According to details revealed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sinaloa-cartel-boss-bducted-drugged-plea-deal-el-chapo-son\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Guzman&#8217;s plea deal<\/a>, Zambada was ambushed, loaded onto a plane, drugged and spirited across the border to the United States.<\/p>\n<p> The U.S. Embassy in Mexico said in 2024 that no U.S. agency had participated in the operation, Mexican government secretary Rosa Icela Rodriguez said at the morning news conference.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The versions are contradictory. Someone lied,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What agreements did that agency have, or who else participated with the criminal group?&#8221; Sheinbaum said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jornada.com.mx\/noticia\/2026\/07\/07\/politica\/sheinbaum-todo-parece-indicar-que-ken-salazar-mintio-sobre-captura-de-el-mayo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to La Jornada<\/a>. &#8220;In this case, everything seems to indicate that the ambassador (Ken Salazar) lied.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last August, Zambada <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/el-mayo-zambada-garcia-guilty-plea\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">pleaded guilty<\/a> to federal charges related to his role as a co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel, including drug trafficking, gun offenses and money laundering. Federal prosecutors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/ismael-el-mayo-zambada-garcia-co-founder-sinaloa-cartel-arraigned-brooklyn-international\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alleged<\/a> that Zambada and other Sinaloa cartel leaders were responsible for massive quantities of heroin, cocaine and fentanyl and other illegal drugs being distributed into the U.S.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/07\/26\/e495e424-323e-4f6d-937f-25c37d4182cd\/thumbnail\/620x755g2\/b20175566579660a2b24a9dc00c25398\/cropped22el-mayo22.png#\" alt=\"cropped22el-mayo22.png \" height=\"755\" width=\"620\" 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criminal gangs.<\/p>\n<p> Sheinbaum has downplayed the threats, emphasizing that Mexican soldiers use U.S. intelligence to track down narcotraffickers \u2014 as with the killing of cartel boss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/el-mencho-nemesio-ruben-oseguera-cervantes-jalisco-new-generation-cartel-history\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Nemesio &#8220;El Mencho&#8221; Oseguera<\/a> in a raid in February.<\/p>\n<p> In April, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-cia-agents-killed-crash-local-raid\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">two CIA agents died<\/a><\/span> in unclear circumstances during an anti-drug operation alongside soldiers and state police in the border state of Chihuahua \u2014\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-cia-agents-killed-crash-local-raid\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">without apparent authorization<\/a><\/span> from Mexico&#8217;s federal government.<\/p>\n<p> Sheinbaum&#8217;s administration opened an investigation, still ongoing, into whether the presence of the agents represented a violation of national security laws, creating fresh diplomatic friction.<\/p>\n<p> Days later, the U.S. Justice Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexican-officials-charged-drug-trafficking-u-s-federal-indictment\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">indicted<\/a> the then-governor of Sinaloa, Ruben Rocha Moya, as well as nine other current and former officials, on drug charges.<\/p>\n<p> Rocha Moya is a member of Sheinbaum&#8217;s ruling left-leaning Morena party \u2014 and a close ally of her mentor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.<\/p>\n<p> Sheinbaum responded to the indictments by requesting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-us-officials-killed-car-crash-drug-lab-raid\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">U.S. provide &#8220;irrefutable&#8221; evidence<\/a> against Rocha Moya before potentially 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