American officials in Virginia in December arrested Dámaso López Serrano alias "El Mini Lic," an influential figure in the Sinaloa cartel organigram who used to be a close ally of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán and his sons.

López Serrano had been arrested in 2017. He spent five years behind bars in an American prison but was released in 2022 after agreeing to cooperate with law enforcement, revealing key information about El Chapo's sons and the Sinaloa cartel.

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At the time of his second arrest, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum described the capture as a "very important" hit against drug cartels, but little to no information was revealed surrounding the operation.

Nearly two months later, investigative journalist Luis Chaparro revealed in a podcast that López Serrano was trying to return to Mexico illegally before his arrest in Virginia.

"He was allegedly planning on going back to his ranch in Mexico. He had less than a year before his parole ended," Chaparro said in the podcast.

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