Mexico Opens Sovereignty Investigation Into El Mayo Capture After US Guilty Plea

With Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada's August 2025 guilty plea in US federal court, Mexico's Attorney General opened new investigations into whether the 2024 operation that delivered him to American custody violated Mexican law. Investigators have identified the location where Zambada was held. The probe allows Mexico to pursue unlawful deprivation of liberty charges against potential US personnel without complicating active American litigation—adding a sovereignty grievance to an already strained bilateral security partnership.