Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada

The son of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán began his career in the drug world early and quickly rose through the ranks of his father’s cartel

The veteran capo arrested in Texas spent more than 30 years in the upper echelons of the Sinaloa criminal empire without ever setting foot in jail thanks to a low, almost ghostly profile

Founded in the 1980s, the criminal organization is struggling amid the raids launched by the authorities and an internal turf war

Joaquín Guzmán López, one of ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán’s sons, was also apprehended in the operation carried out at an airport in the border city of El Paso

El Chapo’s brother and their former partner, El Mayo Zambada, are about to turn 80. Age, ailments and pressure from the authorities are fueling uncertainty about the future of the criminal organization

Washington closes in on the Mexican crime gang responsible for huge volumes of fentanyl trafficking

Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas was the head of security for Los Chapitos, the branch of the organization led by the sons of El Chapo, and suspected of orchestrating the violence unleashed in response to the detention of Ovidio Guzmán

The judicial crackdown against relatives, old partners and informants has been decisive in detaining top members of the Sinaloa Cartel. The evidence collected will be key to putting the capo’s heirs on trial