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Mexico captures US-wanted nephew of drug lord ‘El Chapo’

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Mexican security forces apprehended Isai Martinez Zepeda, identified as the nephew of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in Sonora state.
  • Authorities stated Zepeda is wanted by the United States.
  • Details regarding his capture in 2008 with high-caliber weapons and his subsequent release remain unclear.

Mexican security forces have captured Isai Martinez Zepeda, identified by media as the nephew of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in the border state of Sonora. Omar Garcia Harfuch, secretary of security, confirmed the arrest on X, stating that the suspect is wanted by the United States.

While authorities officially identified the suspect only as Isai “N,” Mexican media outlets named him as Isai Martinez Zepeda. The press office for the security secretary indicated a lack of further details regarding earlier reports that Zepeda was apprehended in 2008 possessing high-caliber weapons. It remains unclear when he was released from captivity prior to this latest arrest.

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, former leader of the Sinaloa cartel, is currently serving a life sentence in a U.S. maximum-security prison after being extradited in 2017. He had previously escaped from Mexican prisons twice. Two of his sons, Ovidio and Joaquin, are also imprisoned in the United States on drug trafficking charges.

nephew of ‘El Chapo,’

· Omar Garcia HarfuchThe secretary of security confirmed the suspect's relation to the infamous drug lord.
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