How a Governor's Alibi Went Up in Smoke Faster Than a Cartel Safe House
Governor Rubén Rocha Moya of Sinaloa is embroiled in a scandal after a letter from Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada García linked him to the Sinaloa Cartel. Rocha Moya claimed to have been in Los Angeles on the day, but Customs and Border Protection sources reveal no record of his entry into the US.
On the morning of July 25th, a Lear 45 private jet soared into the skies above Culiacán. Its destination? Los Angeles. The aircraft touched down just after 11 a.m., and as it descended into the bustle of LA, another drama was unfolding back in Sinaloa that would reverberate far beyond the Mexican border.
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada García, the enigmatic co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, found himself ensnared in a betrayal of Shakespearean proportions. Lured into a meeting by none other than his godson, Joaquín Guzmán López, Zambada was kidnapped and handed over to U.S. authorities. The man who had evaded capture for decades, eluding both rivals and law enforcement with equal skill, had been brought down not by cunning surveillance or a dramatic raid, but by a family member — a move straight out of the darkest family dramas.
