Top leaders of powerful Sinaloa drug cartel arrested in Texas

Ismael Zambada Garcia, known as ‘El Mayo’, and Joaquin Guzman accused of fentanyl production and trafficking

The US justice department has arrested two leaders of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel, including the cartel’s co-founder, for leading deadly fentanyl manufacturing and trafficking networks.

The attorney general, Merrick Garland, announced the charges against cartel leaders Ismael Zambada Garcia, known as “El Mayo”, one of the group’s co-founders, and Joaquin Guzman. Both men face several charges in the United States for allegedly leading the cartel’s criminal operations.