The flight of ‘El Mayo’ Zambada is full of mystery and enigma (PHOTOS)

• Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada arrived in the United States on a mysterious flight.
• There are discrepancies between the planes that left Mexico with the drug lord.
• He reportedly took off in a Cessna but landed in a Beechcraft King Air.

Ismael Zambada García, known as ‘El Mayo’, arrived in the United States on a plane with a registration number that does not correspond to the one in the photographs.

Rosa Icela Rodríguez, Secretary of Security of the Government of Mexico, confirmed that the aircraft was a Cessna 205 with registration N8454Z and a five-passenger plane.

In the United States the aircraft is registered under the name of Larry Curtis Parker who also has a civil pilot license for small aircraft.

That’s where the problem begins, because the plane that allegedly transported Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada from Mexico to the United States is not a Cessna.

On which plane did ‘El Mayo’ Zambada fly to the United States?

The plane seen in photographs, consulted by MundoNow landing at Santa Teresa Airport, New Mexico, is a Beechcraft King Air.

The Beechcraft King Air jets have a greater flight capacity, speed and distance. This particular model can seat eight to ten passengers.

The jet that landed in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, with Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada has registration N287KA although it allegedly did not fly to Mexico.

According to records of the General Aviation Administration Aircraft N287KA took off from Dallas, Texas on July 15, 2024 from Lovefield Airport.

Mexico says he left on a Cessna but arrived on a Beechcraft King Air

This is where the whole story of the mysterious flight of Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada becomes even more complicated. The destination of the N287KA was Brazil.

On Thursday, July 25, 2024, when Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada was arrested in Texas, the Beechcraft King Air N287KA was allegedly flying over São Joã Da Boa Vista, Brazil.

The company O & M Holdings LLC in Ruidoso, New Mexico, is the one certified with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the owner of the ship.

When Beechcraft King Air N287KA landed in New Mexico, it was inspected by law enforcement agents of Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP).

Why was the jet allegedly flying over Brazil?

Rosa Icela Rodriguez, Security Secretary of the Government of Mexico, maintains that the Cessna 2025 registration N8454Z left Hermosillo, in Sonora.

From aviation records the Cessna 2025 N8454Z took off from Hermosillo with one passenger and pilot bound for Santa Teresa, New Mexico.

But in reality it seems that it was another plane in which Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada arrived in the United States to be detained by US federal agents.

Perhaps the Beechcraft King Air N287KA did fly, land and take off over Mexican airspace without the authorities noticing.

That same plane also made trips to Costa Rica and Colombia

There is evidence in international aviation records that Beechcraft King Air N287KA has flown from Texas to Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica.

At the time of this story the United States Department of Justice has not explained the story of the mysterious flight of Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada.

A source who spoke to MundoNow who spoke on condition of anonymity, revealed that there were several objects inside the Beechcraft King Air N287KA.

After the flight, CBP agents noticed several pieces of plastic tape used as ‘handcuffs’ for prisoners, silver adhesive tape, and a cooler from an OXXO store in Mexico.

A court in Chicago is already waiting for ‘El Mayo’ Zambada

On that Beechcraft King Air were Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada Garcia and Joaquin ‘El Gúero Moreno’ Guzman Lopez of the powerful and violent Sinaloa Cartel.

Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada Garcia and Joaquin ‘El Gúero Moreno’ Guzman Lopez are already in a jail in Chicago, Illinois, to face justice.

«The men face charges in the United States for leading criminal operations, including their lethal fentanyl manufacturing and trafficking networks,» authorities said.

The Justice Department has not revealed when the hearings for Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada Garcia and Joaquin ‘El Guero Moreno’ Guzman Lopez will be held.

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