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Sinaloa boss Mayo Zambada, open letter: I did not surrender myself, I was trapped

2024-08-13 11:50:51Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada

Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the Mexican drug lord, has dismissed in a letter that he has surrendered to US authorities.

He states in an open letter that he was entrapped by Joaquín Guzmán Lopez.

Zambada confesses in the letter that he was called to the meeting by Lopez to facilitate a meeting to resolve the dispute between political leaders in the state of Sinaloa.

According to "El Mayo", he was kidnapped as soon as he went to the meeting place. He even confesses that he was raped and then put on a plane that landed him in Texas last month.

The kidnapping of the Mexican drug lord was also confirmed by the US ambassador to Mexico.

US Ambassador Ken Salazar said on Friday that "the evidence we saw ... is that they had brought El Mayo Zambada against his will". "This was an operation between cartels, where one delivers the other," Salazar said.

El Mayo Zambada full statement:

Since I was flown from Mexico to the United States on July 25, 2024, there have been many inaccurate reports in the media of both countries. In this statement I will give the true facts of what happened that day. I want to say from the beginning that I did not give up and come to the United States voluntarily. Nor did I have an agreement with any government. Instead, I was kidnapped and brought to the US by force and against my will. Below are the details of how this happened.

Joaquín Guzmán Lopez asked me to attend a meeting to help resolve disputes between political leaders in our state. I was aware of an ongoing dispute between Rubén Rocha Moya, Governor of Sinaloa, and Héctor Melesio Cuen Ojeda, former federal congressman, mayor of Culiacan and rector of the Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa (UAS), over who should lead that institution. . I was told that in addition to Hector Cuen and Governor Rocha Moya, Iván Guzmán Salazar would also be at the meeting.

On July 25th, I went to the farm and event center called Huertos del Pedregal just outside of Culiacan where the meeting was to be held. The meeting was scheduled for 11:00 and I arrived a little early. I saw a large number of armed men wearing green military uniforms, who I assumed were gunmen for Joaquín Guzman and his brothers. I was accompanied by four security officers, two of whom stayed outside the perimeter. The two who entered with me were José Rosario Heras López, a commander in the Sinaloa State Judicial Police, and Rodolfo Chaidez, a member of my security team.

As I was walking towards the meeting area, I saw Hector Kuen and one of his assistants. I greeted them briefly before walking into a room that had a table full of fruit. I saw Joaquín Guzmán Lopez, whom I have known since he was a little boy, and he beckoned me to follow him. Trusting the nature of the meeting and the people involved, I followed without hesitation. They took me to another room which was dark.

As soon as I stepped foot inside that room, I was ambushed. A group of men attacked me, knocked me to the ground and put a dark colored hood over my head. They tied and handcuffed me, then forced me into a truck. Throughout this ordeal, I was subjected to physical abuse, resulting in significant back, knee and wrist injuries. I was then taken to an airstrip about 20 or 25 minutes away, where I was forced into a private jet.

Joaquin removed the hood from my head and chained me to the seat. No one else was on the plane except Joaquin, the pilot and me.

The flight took about 2 1/2 to 3 hours, with no stops until we arrived in El Paso, Texas. There at the runway were US federal agents who picked me up. The notion that I surrendered or voluntarily cooperated is completely and unequivocally false. I was brought to this country by force and coercion, without my consent and against my will.

I am aware that the official version told by the Sinaloa state authorities is that Héctor Cuen was shot on the evening of July 25 at a gas station by two men on a motorcycle who wanted to rob his pickup truck. It didn't happen like that. He was killed at the same time and in the same place where I was kidnapped. Héctor Cuen was a friend of mine for a long time and I am very sorry for his death, as well as the disappearance of José Rosario Heras López and Rodolfo Chaidez, who have not been seen or heard from since.

I believe it is important that the truth comes out. This is what happened, and not the false stories that are circulating. I call on the governments of Mexico and the United States to be transparent and tell the truth about my kidnapping in the United States and the deaths of Héctor Cuen, Rosario Heras, Rodolfo Chaidez and anyone else who may have lost their lives that day. I also call on the people of Sinaloa to show restraint and maintain peace in our state. Nothing can be solved by violence. We've been down that road before, and we all lose.


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