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The nephew of notorious Mexican cause lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was captured successful an cognition successful Mexico, information authorities said Tuesday.
The suspect, identified lone arsenic Isai "N," was arrested successful the bluish borderline authorities of Sonora and is sought by U.S. authorities, apical information authoritative Omar Garcia Harfuch said connected X.
Harfuch besides said 687 kilos of cocaine, 151 guns and 18 grenades were seized astatine a abstracted location.
"These actions bespeak the imperishable coordination of the Mexican State to apprehend precedence targets and weaken the operational capabilities of transgression groups," helium wrote connected X.
Extradited successful 2017 aft escaping doubly from Mexican prisons, El Chapo is serving a life sentence astatine a maximum information installation successful Colorado on multiple charges including cause trafficking and wealth laundering.
Earlier this month, tribunal records revealed that El Chapo pleaded for U.S. tribunal authorities to transportation him backmost to his state of birth, citing his "cruel punishment."
The co-founder of the infamous Sinaloa cartel has repeatedly complained in previous situation letters of isolation, mediocre conditions successful his compartment and the deficiency of household visits. In 2023, the Sinaloa cartel laminitis appealed to past President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for assistance owed to alleged "psychological torment" that helium said helium was enduring successful prison.
El Chapo is incarcerated astatine the "Supermax" prison in Florence, Colorado, which has held a fig of high-profile inmates, including Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui and Oklahoma City bombing accomplice Terry Nichols. The installation is truthful secure, truthful distant and truthful austere that it has been called the "Alcatraz of the Rockies."
El Chapo's associates person unleashed a warfare implicit power of the Sinaloa cartel against factions tied to Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the co-founder of the radical who is besides awaiting proceedings successful the United States.
Last month, Mexican soldiers captured 3 of El Chapo's brother's closest allies in an cognition backed by U.S. intelligence. His brother, Aureliano Guzman Loera, known arsenic "El Guano," inactive has a $5 cardinal U.S. bounty on his head
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