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Recently, Sambada's elusive silence was shattered when he landed at a small airfield near the Texas-Mexico border, in New Mexico. According to his lawyers, his capture was unexpected and under suspicious circumstances. They allege that he was ambushed during a meeting—zip-tied and betrayed by Hain Guzman, one of El Chapo’s sons. This betrayal led to his handover to U.S. authorities and subsequent transfer across the border.
This swift and decisive move marked a turning point, bringing down a man whose existence had been virtually unknown to authorities for decades. His arrest underscores the complex and murky alliances that underpin the drug trafficking world, alliances possibly protected by powerful figures within government and criminal syndicates.