DHS Secretary also commends Justice Department and law enforcement officials on their arrest.
President Joe Biden responded to the Justice Department’s arrest of Ismael Zambada Garcia (also known as “El Mayo”) and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, calling them “two of the most notorious leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the deadliest enterprises in the world.“
The president continued, “They are being charged for leading the Cartel’s deadly drug manufacturing and trafficking networks. I commend the work of our law enforcement officials who made this arrest for their ongoing work to bring Sinaloa Cartel leaders to justice.“
The two cartel leaders were persuaded into boarding a plane they were told was going to a different location. Upon landing in El Paso, they were immediately arrested by U.S. authorities and brought to a federal court.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas also stated, “I commend the dedicated, brave agents and officers of Homeland Security Investigations and the FBI whose years of work, alongside others in the law enforcement community, have, at great personal sacrifice, disrupted and dismantled cartel operations across the world.”
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For the president, vice president, and members of the administration as they seek to address the opioid crisis.
- For Secretary Mayorkas to uphold the border security and immigration laws of the land.
- For FBI and DOJ officials as they investigate and prosecute drug traffickers and cartel members.
Sources: The White House, AP News, Department of Homeland Security
