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Google translated from El Nacion of Argentina:

On July 25, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel was arrested; the boss claims that he was ambushed and that since that day no one has heard anything about two of his bodyguards.
August 16, 2024
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Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, after his arrest in the US.

The arrest of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada is a case that continues to generate questions . The famous capo, co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel , revealed in a letter that his lawyer made public, that he was ambushed and deceived by Joaquín López Guzmán to take him to the United States . In the same letter, he stated that the same day he was kidnapped he was with José Rosario Heras López, a police officer who was his escort and who was reported missing .

What does “El Mayo” Zambada say in his letter?
In the letter, which was published on August 10, the drug lord claims that Joaquín Guzmán López asked him to attend a meeting to help resolve differences between political leaders in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. He was accompanied to the meeting by four members of his security staff, two of whom stayed outside and the others entered the site with him.

" The two who entered with me were José Rosario Heras López, commander of the Judicial Police of the state of Sinaloa, and Rodolfo Chaidez, a long-time member of my security team," El Mayo recounted in the letter, in which he also reported the disappearance of his bodyguards , as he claims that no one has seen them or heard from them again.

“I think it is important that the truth be known. This is what happened and not the false stories that are circulating. I call on the governments of Mexico and the United States to be transparent and provide the truth about my kidnapping and about the deaths of Hector Cuen, Rosario Heras, Rodolfo Chaidez and any other person who lost their lives that day,” the drug lord concluded.

Who is José Rosario Heras López, police officer and bodyguard of “El Mayo”
Sinaloa prosecutor Sara Bruna Quiñonez Estrada confirmed in a press conference with local media that Commander José Rosario Heras López has been reported missing by his family and that an internal body of the agency is following the case, since the employee was on vacation and had to report to work last Tuesday, July 30.

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Sinaloa prosecutor Sara Bruna Quiñonez Estrada confirmed in a press conference that "El Mayo's" bodyguard also worked as a police officer

More:
https://www.lanacion.com.ar/estados-unidos/incognitas-del-caso-mayo-zambada-quien-es-jose-rosario-heras-lopez-el-comandante-reportado-como-nid16082024/


On edit:

Can you imagine how it would have gone over if the U.S. learned a bodyguard for Al Capone was also a high-ranking policeman of long standing? Yikes.