In a written statement on the issue, Justice Minister Merrick Garland stated that they struck a major blow to the Sinaloa cartel, which is shown as the most important reason for fentanyl consumption in the US.
In his statement, Garland noted that Ismael Zambada Garcia, one of the two founders of the Sinaloa cartel, which is seen as one of the most dangerous drug cartels in the world, and Lopez, the son of the other founder "El Chapo", were arrested in El Paso, Texas and will appear before the judge in the coming days.
Ovidio Guzman, 28, one of the leading leaders of the Sinaloa cartel, one of the most wanted drug traffickers in the US, was detained in February 2023 during an operation in the northern Mexican city of Culiacan and extradited to the US in September.
Joaquin Guzman, nicknamed "El Chapo", was sentenced to life imprisonment in July last year in a trial in the US state of New York.
In 2001 and 2015, Joaquin Guzman, who escaped from two high-security prisons in Mexico, was last captured in January 2016 and extradited to the US.