According to Perez, who spoke briefly with The Times after issuing the statement, Zambada was set up by being called to a meeting with Guzmán López, a leader of the cartel faction known as Los ...

wanted for co-leading Los Chapitos. “I saw a large number of armed men wearing green military uniforms who I assumed were gunmen for Joaquín Guzmán and his brothers,” Zambada said.

After the arrests, he had said he was in Los Angeles. Zambada ended the letter calling on the governments of the United States and Mexico to be "transparent" about his abduction, subsequent ...

Zambada, 76, once ran the cartel in partnership ... He knows where all the skeletons are buried, more skeletons than Dia de los Muertos.” ...

David Saucedo, a security analyst, forecasts three violent outcomes following Zambada’s detention: a war of succession between the faction led by El Mayo and Los Chapitos, the four heirs to El ...

Frank Perez, Zambada’s attorney ... Perez’s comments were first reported by the Los Angeles Times. A spokesperson for the U.S. Justice Department did not immediately return an email seeking ...

Zambada’s attorney told the Los Angeles Times his client did not voluntarily surrender to law enforcement. He told the paper Zambada “was brought against his will.” Mexican President Andres ...

Frank Perez, a lawyer listed for Zambada, did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking comment Friday. Perez told The Los Angeles Times that Zambada was brought to the ...

Zambada, 76, once ran the cartel in partnership ... He knows where all the skeletons are buried, more skeletons than Dia de los Muertos.” ...