Whereas Donald Trump is out right here illegally bombing “drug boats” in worldwide waters and pardoning a former drug trafficking ex-president right here in the USA, El Chapo’s son is definitely being held accountable for his drug-related transgressions and will serve some severe jail time in consequence.
In keeping with the New York Instances, El Chapo’s son, Joaquín Guzmán López, pleaded responsible to kidnapping a former drug-dealing colleague, Ismael Zambada García, and delivering him to authorities on U.S. soil in July of 2024. The information comes on the heels of the Trump administration declaring conflict on drug trafficking from Latino nations comparable to Venezuela (which has no actual historical past within the drug commerce), although many really feel that this administration’s seemingly inevitable invasion of Venezuela is nothing greater than an try and steal their oil reserves, which is valued within the trillions.
Nonetheless, whereas that is happening López took accountability for his function within the kidnapping of Ismael Zambada García. The as soon as mighty Sinaloa cartel that El Chapo dominated with an iron fist continues to come back aside on the seams, as its leaders proceed to finish up behind bars on American soil for shifting weight each in Mexico and the USA.
Per the New York Instances:
Whereas the drug fees in Mr. Guzmán López’s responsible plea have been important, they paled in cinematic drama to the accusations surrounding the kidnapping of Mr. Zambada García, his father’s former accomplice in crime. Often known as El Mayo, Mr. Zambada García had lengthy been one in every of Mexico’s most needed males and had escaped seize numerous occasions in recent times, evading each American and Mexican authorities.
By utilizing his familial connections, Mr. Guzmán López persuaded Mr. Zambada García to come back down from one in every of his hide-outs within the mountains of Sinaloa in July 2024 for what he thought can be a gathering to resolve a dispute amongst native politicians. Mr. Guzmán López then ambushed the older man, drugging him with sedatives and flying him in a turboprop airplane throughout the border, the place he was apprehended by ready U.S. brokers.
Discuss taking everybody down with him. Lopez should not have favored Garcia to have finished him soiled like that.
Whereas prosecutors have steered a 10-year jail sentence for Lopez, as he has been cooperating with authorities on the matter, the ultimate sentencing might be made by choose Sharon Johnson Coleman, who could or could not sentence him to greater than a decade behind bars.
That being mentioned, we wouldn’t be shocked if Lopez really will get himself a presidential pardon, as 17 members of his household have already been welcomed into the U.S. by the Trump administration underneath unknown circumstances earlier this yr. May one thing have already got been labored out behind closed doorways by Trump and El Chapo’s household? El Chapo was mentioned to have had a internet price of greater than $10 billion, so how a lot of that might he have used to make sure secure passage for his household into the U.S.? Everyone knows that Trump is all about that bribery. Simply sayin’.
What do y’all assume will find yourself occurring with El Chapo’s son? Will he find yourself serving laborious time, or will he in the end discover himself with a presidential pardon? Tell us within the feedback part beneath.
