Mexico’s President Calls on Cartels Not to Fight After Alleged Drug Lords Arrested

The plea was made days after U.S. officials arrested alleged Mexican drug lords Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López.

This combo of images provided by the U.S. Department of State show Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia, a historic leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel (L) and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another infamous cartel leader, after they were arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas, the U.S. Justice Department said July 25, 2024. U.S. Department of State via AP

Mexico’s president issued an appeal on Monday to drug cartels not to fight each other following the recent arrests of alleged drug lords Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia and Joaquín Guzmán López.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said during his daily press briefing that he trusted that drug cartels knew that stepping up internal wars would increase the suffering that already plagued the Sinaloa cartel.