Sheinbaum Attributes Violence in Sinaloa to Foreign 'Interference'
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
Mexico's President, Claudia Sheinbaum, attributed the violence affecting Sinaloa for the past two years to foreign 'interference' following the capture of Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada in the United States in July 2024, which triggered an internal conflict within the Sinaloa Cartel. 'Sinaloa is a demonstration that interference caused, with the breakup of a criminal group, the situation we have today,' the president stated during her morning conference. She noted that prior to Zambada's arrest, which resulted in a life sentence in the U.S. last July, Sinaloa recorded fewer than one homicide a day, but violence surged after the drug lord's capture and the 'breakup of a criminal group.' 'This generated violence that has been contained because it is not the same as when we arrived in October compared to what is happening today, but there are still significant crime rates in Sinaloa,' she added. Zambada was arrested on July 25, 2024, upon landing at a New Mexico airport along with Joaquín Guzmán López, one of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán's sons, in an incident the Mexican government claimed it did not participate in. The U.S. later stated that Guzmán López surrendered voluntarily and that Zambada was taken against his will, while the veteran drug trafficker claimed he was kidnapped and forcibly taken to U.S. territory. Months later, the display of the plane used to transport him fueled controversy over a possible FBI intervention.
AI summary · Source: Telemundo McAllen (KTLM) →
