U.S. seeks to move "El Mayo" case to federal court in Brooklyn, as Mexico seeks more information on cartel arrests

Prosecutors aim to move Sinaloa drug cartel leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada's case to federal court in Brooklyn, as Mexico said they are seeking more information on the flight that led to the arrests of two suspected drug kingpins on American soil. 

Zambada, known as a top leader and co-founder of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, faces charges in multiple U.S. locales. He and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, a son of notorious Sinaloa kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, were arrested last month after being flown into New Mexico. Zambada has said he was kidnapped in his home country en route to what he thought was a meeting with a Mexican official.

Mexican officials said on Thursday they requested information from the U.S. Department of Justice on the flight that ferried Zambada and Guzman from Mexico to the U.S. Mexican officials sought the serial number of the aircraft, FAA records, customs and border authorization documents, and the advance passenger information document, among other items. Officials said the information has not yet been received.