Who’s The Most-Wanted Drug Lord Now?

El Chapo Has Been Arrested. Who’s The Most-Wanted Drug Lord Now? -- Washington Post

The world’s most-wanted drug lord, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, was arrested on Saturday. So who earns that spot now? Here are some possibilities:

Ismael Zambada

The Sinaloa cartel kingpin, known as “El Mayo,” is considered a probable successor to Guzmán. He helped run the cartel when Guzmán was in prison from 1993 to 2001. Zambada’s son, Vicente, or “El Mayito,” is facing a federal grand jury indictment in Chicago and has claimed he was a Drug Enforcement Administration informant. Another son, Serafin Zambada, was arrested in November.

Reuters described his style as “brash Mexican cowboy.”

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My Comment:  Nothing is going to change. Guzman's arrest will only mean that everyone in his organization will be moving one notch up.