Mexico not told of cartel arrests until kingpins were in U.S. custody- WaPo gift article.

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https://wapo.st/3YfGg08

subtitile-The capture of Sinaloa cartel leaders Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López were a historic coup for U.S. agents against a syndicate that’s flooded the United States with fentanyl.

snip-"Security Minister Rosa Icela Rodríguez told reporters Friday that a small plane carrying Zambada, 76, and Guzmán, about 37, took off from Hermosillo airport in northern Sonora state just before 8 a.m. Thursday and landed at around 10 a.m. in El Paso, where the men were promptly arrested."

snip- "“We are awaiting official communication on whether what happened yesterday was a capture or surrender,” Rodríguez said during López Obrador’s daily news conference. “This is part of what the U.S. government must tell us."
snip-"Zambada, a co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel, was fooled into boarding

the U.S.-bound private plane with Guzmán, a son of imprisoned cartel co-founder Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, according to a Department of Homeland Security official. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive operation.''

snip-"Zambada and the elder Guzmán, who is serving a sentence of life plus 30 years in the federal supermax prison in Florence, Colo., led one of the world’s most prolific drug cartels, exporting tons of heroin, cocaine, fentanyl and other drugs. The Biden administration has targeted the cartel as it tries to combat the most deadly drug epidemic in history."

a bit more there.

well well well