El Chapo’s Son Guzman Lopez have pleaded not responsible to drug trafficking fees within the US (file).
Mexico Metropolis:
The US embassy in Mexico mentioned on Friday that Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of the notorious cartel kingpin “El Chapo,” had surrendered voluntarily whereas his father’s former associate Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada appeared to have been taken in opposition to his will.
Each Zambada and Guzman Lopez have pleaded not responsible to drug trafficking fees in the US and their legal professionals provided contrasting variations of their arrests.
Zambada’s lawyer mentioned Guzman Lopez and 6 males in army uniforms “forcibly kidnapped” his shopper close to the Sinaloa state capital of Culiacan and flew him to the US in opposition to his will. The Guzman household lawyer denied a kidnapping and known as it a voluntary give up after prolonged negotiations.
The murky circumstances resulting in the Sinaloa Cartel members’ US arrest final month brought about Mexico’s president to reproach the Latin American nation’s neighbour for lack of cooperation.
“No US sources had been used within the give up. It was not our aircraft, nor our pilot, nor our folks,” the embassy mentioned in an announcement.
It added that no flight plan had been shared with US authorities and the pilot was neither a U.S. citizen and nor had he been employed by the US authorities.
“This represents a terrific victory for each international locations,” the embassy mentioned within the assertion. “It’s the results of a really exact work based mostly on the ideas of respect for our respective sovereignties and we do that work as companions.Â
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