Son of 'El Chapo' and Sinaloa Cartel co-founder 'El Mayo' arrested in Texas..

Three law enforcement officials say that investigators believe one of the men may have fooled the other into getting on a plane to the U.S.

In the wake of the surprise arrests of two alleged Mexican drug lords in Texas, three law enforcement officials say that investigators believe one of the men may have fooled the other into getting on a plane to the U.S.

The son of jailed Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera and a cartel co-founder who helped lead it for three decades were arrested Thursday in El Paso, Attorney General Merrick Garland said.

Joaquín Guzmán López and Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García have both been indicted in the U.S., and they face “multiple charges” in connection with the Mexico-based criminal organization, “including its deadly fentanyl manufacturing and trafficking networks,” Garland said in a statement.

The three law enforcement sources say authorities are looking into whether Guzmán López tricked “El Mayo” Zambada into boarding the U.S.-bound airplane. The plane went first to New Mexico and then to El Paso, where the two men were arrested and taken into custody.