Leader of Mexico's Sinaloa Drug Cartel and "El Chapo’s" Son Arrested in Texas
Leader of Mexico's Sinaloa Drug Cartel and "El Chapo’s" Son Arrested in Texas
The Facts
The alleged leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada García and the son of his jailed ex-partner, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, were arrested by US federal agents on Thursday on US soil.
Zambada and Guzmán López are facing multiple charges in the US for allegedly running the cartel's criminal operations, "including its deadly fentanyl manufacturing and trafficking networks," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.
The Spin
The US is claiming another strike against the Sinaloa cartel, but this only addresses a symptom, not the cause of the opioid crisis, which stems from the disintegration of US society and the growing levels of poverty. Added to this is Big Pharma, putting profits before the health of US citizens, while fentanyl and other drugs claim ever more victims. That Washington prefers to wage an endless war against the drug cartels rather than tackle the structural causes of the opioid crisis does not bode well for the future.
