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The Mexican army says it has arrested a key player in the Sinaloa drug cartel in the northern city of Culiac\u00e1n.<\/p>\n
Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Canobbio, also known as “El G\u00fcerito” (little blond one), is accused of being the right hand man of Iv\u00e1n Archivaldo Guzm\u00e1n, one of the sons of infamous jailed drug lord Joaqu\u00edn “El Chapo” Guzm\u00e1n.<\/p>\n
Mexican security forces say the arrest of Canobbio, who they say was in charge of security for Iv\u00e1n Archivaldo Guzm\u00e1n, is a severe blow to the Sinaloa cartel.<\/p>\n
He was captured just hours after the United States added the Sinaloa cartel to its list of foreign terrorist organisations (FTOs), a move which the Trump Administration says will allow it to better combat the criminal groups.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
As well as the Sinaloa cartel, the US state department designated seven other Latin American crime groups as FTOs. They are:<\/p>\n
All but the last two groups are based in Mexico and the Mexican government has come under huge pressure by the Trump Administration to step up its fight against them and the trafficking of the synthetic drug fentanyl they engage in. <\/p>\n