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Can “El Mayo” avoid the same supermax fate as his former business partner “El Chapo”?

The United States is this week upping the multimillion-dollar rewards it has on the heads of the remaining leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel’s Chapitos faction, just as prosecutors are targeting the Mexican politicians who allegedly enabled the group.

The historic arrest of Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada sparked weeks of tension that resulted in a ’1940s film noir’ when he was abducted and flown across the border where he was picked up by US police

As a propeller plane on Thursday whirred towards the U.S.-Mexico border to cross illegally, U.S. agents raced to meet it at a small municipal airport near El Paso, Texas, and arrest two men who were part of Mexican drug trafficking royalty.

The stunning arrest of the Sinaloa Cartel leadership at the Texas border is likely to rearrange the map of organized crime groups in Mexico and could lead to a surge in violence, experts say.

Frida Sofia Guzman Munoz, the granddaughter of notorious Mexican drug lord El Chapo, went on a hunt to track down the Loch Ness monster during a trip to Scotland

Former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin Guzman - known as El Chapo - will stay in his maximum security prison in Florence, Colorado after pleas to review his life sentence were ignored

María Consuelo Loera Pérez, mother of one of the most powerful drug lords on the planet Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, has died aged 94 at a hospital in Culiacan, Sinaloa

Ovidio Guzmán López, son of the infamous drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzmán, appeared in court for the first time since his extradition to the US from Mexico last week

Emma Coronel Aispuro, a former teenage beauty queen, was jailed in 2021 for her part in the infamous Sinaloa drug cartel but released early as part of a plea deal

One of El Chapo's sons has been extradited to the US to face criminal charges. Ovidio Guzman Lopez, known as 'The Mouse,' faces a range of charges including drug trafficking

Emma Coronel Aispuro, the glamorous wife of infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, has been released from prison after a reduced sentence today

Emma Coronel Aispuro, 34, the wife of infamous drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman is due to be released from a residential re-entry facility in Long Beach, California, after serving her sentence for drug trafficking

The wives of twin brothers who helped to bring down El Chapo when they informed on him are to be jailed. Vivianna Lopez, 42, and Valerie Gaytan, wives of Pedro and Margarito Flores, admitted to money laundering

Joaquin Guzman Lopez, 36, Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, 37, and Ivan Guzman Salazar, 40, are said to front the Sinaloa cartel with 'El Chapo' Joaquín Guzmán himself in prison for life

Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman was jailed for life in the United States after being extradited in 2017 and convicted of a range of drug, money laundering and organised crime charges

El Chapo's son Ovidio Guzman, aged 32, allegedly took over as head of the Sinaloa cartel in 2017 after his father was extradited to the US

The Aeroméxico flight from the Culiacán International Airport was allegedly targeted by henchman of Ovidio Guzman - son of infamous drug kingpin 'El Chapo' - after he was arrested