MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The son of jailed Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman didn’t kidnap drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the Guzman household’s lawyer mentioned on Wednesday, following experiences Guzman’s son had betrayed Zambada to the US.

Joaquin Guzman Lopez and Zambada, probably the most consequential traffickers in Mexican historical past, have been arrested final week by U.S. brokers after the airplane wherein they have been touring landed at a small airfield in New Mexico.

After the arrests, carried out with out the data of the Mexican authorities, hypothesis abounded as as to whether the 2 had surrendered or Guzman Lopez had lured Zambada right into a entice.

“A kidnapping is out of the question,” the Guzman household lawyer, Jose Luis Gonzalez, advised Radio Formulation.

“No, no. Los Chapitos abide by their father’s rules and they followed the usual policy,” he mentioned, when requested whether or not Guzman Lopez might have betrayed the 76-year-old Zambada, who co-founded the legendary Sinaloa Cartel alongside his father.

El Chapo’s 4 sons, generally known as “Los Chapitos,” inherited their father’s faction of the cartel.

Reuters reached out to Gonzalez however was unable to get an instantaneous remark.

His account contradicts Zambada’s lawyer, Frank Perez, who mentioned on Saturday that Guzman Lopez “kidnapped” his consumer.

Perez mentioned Guzman Lopez and 6 males in army uniforms ambushed Zambada close to the Sinaloa state capital of Culiacan and compelled him onto a airplane to the US in opposition to his will.

Each Guzman Lopez and Zambada have pleaded not responsible to drug trafficking expenses in U.S. courts.

The Guzman household lawyer mentioned the lads’s give up was voluntary and adopted about 4 years of negotiations with U.S. authorities.