Arrest of cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ in US sends Mexico into turmoil

For nearly 40 years, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García eluded authorities as the Sinaloa cartel he helped found grew into one of the world’s most powerful drug-trafficking empires. But that fortune came to a dramatic end last month on a ranch in northern Mexico. Zambada says he was ambushed for a meeting with Joaquín Guzmán, whose father, Sinaloa co-founder Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, is in custody in the U.S. A hood was thrown over his head before he was hauled into a private jet and tied up…