El Chapo's son Ovidio Lopez and Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada are in US custody after $15 million reward offered for kingpins who raked in $11BILLION a year

Two Mexican supplier kingpin including nan boy of notorious cartel leader El Chapo, person been arrested and are successful US custody.

Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, nan co-founder of nan Sinaloa supplier cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López surrendered to American rule enforcement connected Thursday.

Zambada founded nan Sinaloa Cartel on pinch now-jailed supplier lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, and he faces a litany of indictments for crimes relating to supplier trafficking and organized crime successful nan US.

Attorney-General Merrick Garland called nan cartel one of nan astir convulsive and powerful supplier trafficking organizations successful nan world arsenic he elaborate nan arrests.

'El Mayo and Guzmán López subordinate a increasing database of Sinaloa Cartel leaders and associates whom nan Justice Department is holding accountable successful nan US,' he said.

Garland said others from nan cartel now down bars included El Chapo and different of his sons and alleged leader of nan Cartel, Ovidio Guzmán López. 

The alleged main hitman of nan cartel, Néstor Isidro 'El Nini' Pérez Salas, was besides successful American custody, he said.

American national prosecutors successful February charged Zambada pinch conspiracy to make and administer fentanyl, but he has ne'er been down bars.

Joaquín Guzmán Lopez is 1 of El Chapo's sons and was elevated to nan cartel's apical activity successful 2017 erstwhile his begetter was extradited to nan US.

His brother Ovidio Guzmán López was besides arrested successful Mexico, and extradited to nan US successful September to look his ain agelong database of charges. 

Garland said fentanyl was nan starring origin of decease for Americans betwixt nan ages of 18 and 45.

'The Department of Justice will not remainder until each leader, member, and subordinate of nan cartels responsible for poisoning our communities is held accountable,' he said.

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