Mexican president says US shares blame for Sinaloa drug cartel violence  

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Thursday that the U.S. was partially liable for the eruption of cause cartel unit that has killed astatine slightest 30 radical successful the past week successful Mexico’s bluish authorities of Sinaloa.

The unit was ignited by the July apprehension of reclusive Sinaloa cartel person Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada successful Texas, Lopez Obrador said.

He besides said the “instability and clashes” that Sinaloa was present facing were the effect of the apprehension successful what helium said was a “totally illegal” operation.

Washington has denied that it played immoderate portion successful Zambada’s capture.

In a missive distributed by his lawyer, Zambada said helium was kidnapped by Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the lad of the imprisoned erstwhile Sinaloa cartel person Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, and was brought to the U.S. successful a tiny plane. When the level landed adjacent El Paso, Texas, U.S. authorities arrested him. The younger Guzman was besides detained by the U.S.

The U.S. had been seeking Zambada for years connected drug-trafficking and different charges.

Zambada and El Chapo are alleged to person been cause cartel partners. El Chapo is serving a beingness condemnation successful a U.S. situation connected respective drug-related charges.

Authorities accidental they judge Zambada’s apprehension formed 2 factions against each other: those loyal to El Chapo and his sons versus those loyal to Zambada. The 2 groups person taken their equipped battles to the streets of Culiacan, Sinaloa’s capital.

Some accusation for this study came from The Associated Press.