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The Mexican Attorney General's Office reported on Wednesday that it extradited to the United States, without knowing his true identity, a key figure in an investigation moving forward regarding the possible interference of the United States in the capture of El Mayo Zambada.
Mauro Alberto "N", alias "Jando", was arrested in February of last year following a clash with the Army. He identified himself with a different name and denied any link to the dangerous Sinaloa Cartel.
A year later, the prosecutor's office determined that he was the pilot who transported the drug lord Ismael "Mayo" Zambada to the United States to surrender to the authorities, after being kidnapped by a son of his former partner, Joaquín "Chapo" Guzmán.
Prosecutors "found in the (investigation) files evidence matching the voice and fingerprints of the pilot who transported" the drug lord to the United States on July 25, 2024, a statement indicated.
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The capture generated tensions between Mexico and Washington, which were fueled last week after the plane used in the case was displayed in a US museum as part of an FBI operation.
The Mexican government then demanded that the United States clarify whether it was a police operation and, consequently, a violation of its sovereignty. The United States had already denied any involvement.
The initial version was that "Chapo's" son acted individually and turned in "Mayo" to receive benefits from the justice system upon his surrender.
Alias "Jando" was the witness who could have clarified the facts, had he still been in custody in Mexico.
"His extradition does not extinguish the investigations" against him, the prosecutor's office indicated.
Zambada's capture unleashed a bloody internal war within the Sinaloa Cartel, which has left more than 2,000 dead so far.
[Publicidad]