US Ambassador confirms Mexican drug lord Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada was brought to US against his will

The U.S. ambassador to Mexico has confirmed that drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was brought to United States against his will when he arrived in July on a plane in Texas with fellow drug lord Joaquín Guzmán López. Zambada’s attorney had earlier claimed the long-time chief of the Sinaloa cartel had been kidnapped. But officials had not confirmed that and Zambada’s age and apparent ill-health had led some to speculate he turned himself in. But on Friday, U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar said “they had brought El Mayo Zambada against his will.”