Mexican drug kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García, a co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel, was arrested in Texas on Thursday after being lured onto a U.S.-bound plane by son of the infamous cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and news reports.

Joaquín Guzmán López, El Chapo’s son, made Zambada García believe he was stepping onto a private plane to look at some real estate, law enforcement officials told The New York Times.

Both Guzmán López and Zambada García turned themselves in to authorities upon arrival in El Paso, Texas, a Mexican federal official told The Associated Press.

“The Justice Department has taken into custody two additional alleged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations in the world,”........

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