A boy walks by a newsstand with pictures of El Mayo on the front pages of multiple papers.
Mexican newspapers reporting El Mayo's arrest.
  • The Justice Department arrested two cartel leaders Thursday.
  • One, El Chapo's son, worked with authorities to trick the second, leader "El Mayo," onto a plane, according to CNN.
  • At his trial, El Chapo argued El Mayo was the real boss behind the cartel.

The Justice Department on Thursday arrested two alleged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel — which Attorney General Merrick Garland called "one of the most violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations in the world."