A gunshot wound, a murdered rival and a kidnapped drug lord: Mexico’s ruling party faces growing scandal

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) — It was a surprise when Mexico’s most wanted drug lord landed at an airport near El Paso, Texas, in July. But the story of how he got there is now spiraling into a scandal that is threatening top figures in Mexico’s ruling party. It is a complex web surrounding the alleged kidnapping of drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and the murder of a politician who allegedly lured him to a secret meeting, where he was abducted and flown to the United States, where he was arrested. The slain politician was a fierce political rival of the governor of Sinaloa state, who has been a point man for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s policy of not confronting drug cartels.