Raúl Benítez, researcher and professor at UNAM, considers that El Chapo's recapture is "symbolic" and "political", because he humiliated the Mexican government and his rearrest vindicates the government's authority.
It operates in 54 countries through alliances. Guzmán has appointed successors.
Arely Gómez said that the Mexican actress has been called to testify and that the Financial Intelligence Unit and the Attorney General's Office are investigating her finances.
The former governor of Florida said that it is shameful that Sean Penn interviewed the leader of the Sinaloa cartel to present him as a heroe.
“El Chapo” Guzmán's security chief faces charges of drug trafficking, arms possession and the murder of a soldier in a 2013 confrontation.
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada jointly heads the powerful Sinaloa cartel and, with Guzmán facing possible extradition to the U.S., it falls to Zambada to maintain the gang's ranking as the world's largest.
An important aspect which helped locate him was discovering Guzmán's intention to have a biographical film made. He contacted actresses and producers, which was part of one line of investigation.
The FBI investigation started with a confidential informant who offered to connect the Sinaloa cartel with an Italian organized crime group that claimed it had influence at U.S. and Spanish ports.
Rafael Humberto Celaya Valenzuela, part of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, was sentenced in federal court in New Hampshire.
In his opinion Mexico needs a federal regulatory body, capital controls for legal producers of the drug and monitoring political financing to prevent cartels from laundering their funds.