:quality(85)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/FQITL5CMXVBL5KEIE3CE44QQGQ.jpg "Who is Héctor Apodaca, the operator of ‘El Mayo Zambada’ within the US who will spend the remainder of his life in a Miami jail")
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is carefully monitoring the actions of Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, the long-standing chief of the Sinaloa Cartel. This elevated scrutiny comes after the latest dismantling of one in every of Zambada’s cells within the United States and the life sentence handed all the way down to one in every of his most important operators, Héctor Alejandro Apodaca Álvarez.
Last Thursday, the US Department of Justice introduced the seize and conviction of Apodaca Álvarez, together with six different members and associates of the Sinaloa Cartel who have been working within the US. They have been all sentenced to jail for his or her involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine.
According to the federal company, Apodaca Álvarez had been working immediately with Zambada García and coordinating large-scale distribution of narcotics. The efficiency of the fentanyl capsules he was promoting was inflicting vital hurt, with folks reportedly falling in all places after utilizing them.
Court reviews reveal that Apodaca Álvarez began working for ‘El Mayo’ in June 2022, transport tens of hundreds of pressed fentanyl capsules, methamphetamine, and cocaine by the US mail and his personal transport enterprise. He coordinated together with his associates to distribute the managed substances throughout numerous states together with Arizona, California, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Texas, and Virginia.
Apodaca Álvarez obtained the fentanyl capsules immediately from Roque Bustamante, often known as ‘The Bowling Man’. He was arrested in Florida whereas delivering a big amount of fentanyl and cocaine to an secret agent. The crimes he was accused of are conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
On March 21, 2024, Apodaca Álvarez was sentenced to life in jail for his involvement within the drug trafficking conspiracy. The US authorities are persevering with their efforts to dismantle the operations of the Sinaloa Cartel and its operators, together with these working beneath the management of ‘El Mayo’ Zambada.