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US pop great Billy Joel will auction the motorcycle collection he maintains in New York state after being diagnosed with a brain condition that forced him to cancel a planned tour, his management said Wednesday.In May, Joel scrapped dates in Britain and a packed schedule crisscrossing the United States from July 2025 up until July 2026 because of a diagnosis of a rare condition, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH).”Due to a recent medical diagnosis, Billy will be auctioning off his bike collection later this year,” his publicist told AFP.Joel’s extensive collection of motorcycles is housed at a shop in the Long Island town of Oyster Bay, where they can be seen free of charge on weekends.”He will not be renewing the lease on the 20th Century Cycles bike shop once it expires late September,” the publicist said.The 76-year-old “We Didn’t Start the Fire” and “New York State of Mind” legend has been a pop mainstay since the 1970s, and motorcycles have long been part of his public persona.In the hit song’s music video, he whisks away an “Uptown Girl” on the back of his motorcycle, and sings about riding a motorcycle in the rain in the song “You May Be Right.”His collection includes more than 75 bikes, per the shop’s website. “I like the older style,” with some motorcycles dating back to the 1940s, Joel said in a promotional video.Joel’s condition arises if cerebrospinal fluid cannot properly flow throughout the brain and spinal cord, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. The excess fluid and pressure can cause brain damage.The institution said on its website that NPH is rare, and can cause cognitive impairment including memory problems as well as trouble walking.Joel said previously “this condition has been exacerbated by (previous) concert performances, leading to problems with hearing, vision, and balance.”

The NBA on Wednesday approved the sale of the Boston Celtics to an investment group led by Bill Chisholm, five months after the deal worth a then-record $6.1 billion was agreed.”The NBA Board of Governors has unanimously approved the sale of the controlling interests in the Boston Celtics to an investor group led by Bill Chisholm,” the league said in a brief statement.”The transaction is expected to close shortly.”Chisholm is the managing director and co-founder of Symphony Technology Group. When he and his co-investors agreed to purchase the storied Celtics franchise “at an initial valuation of $6.1 billion,” that was the highest ever offered for a North American sports team.It has since been surpassed by the $10 billion sale, in June, of the Los Angeles Lakers by the Buss family to billionaire Mark Walter.When the Celtics sale was announced, it was stated that Wyc Grousbeck would continue in his roles of chief executive officer and governor, overseeing team operations through the 2027-28 season.The Grousbeck family and Steve Pagliuca purchased the Celtics for $360 million in 2002.But US media reported this week that Chisholm — a Massachusetts native who calls himself a “die-hard Celtics fan” — will assume the role of governor because under the terms of the deal, Grousbeck will no longer have the required 15% ownership stake the league requires to hold that role.Nevertheless, ESPN reported that Chisholm and Grousbeck “plan to run the team together as originally planned.”The Celtics are one of the most storied in the NBA’s history, with a record 18 championships, the most recent in 2024.

Tesla is recruiting a motorist to test its driver-assistance technology in New York with an eye towards autonomous driving, according to a job listing reviewed by AFP on Wednesday.The role of “Vehicle Operator, Autopilot” involves the driving of an “engineering vehicle” for extended periods, “conducting dynamic audio and camera data collection for testing and training purpose,” according to the job listing.The position is based in Flushing, New York in the borough of Queens. The functions described in the full-time position are still many steps away from providing autonomous or robotaxi service in New York City. New York State law currently limits the use of autonomous cars to testing. Waymo in June said it applied for a permit to begin testing self-driving cars.Billionaire CEO Elon Musk has described Tesla as poised for potential rapid deployment of autonomous vehicles, emphasizing the company’s use of artificial intelligence to analyze real-world data that has been gathered by the company’s existing fleet of vehicles.Tesla in June finally launched limited robotaxi service in Austin, Texas following many delays. On a conference call in July, Musk predicted Tesla would “probably have autonomous ride-hailing in probably half the population of the US by the end of the year” — an ambitious target that looks highly unlikely.Musk acknowledged that the rollout depends on regulatory approvals, adding that the company is being “very cautious” in light of safety concerns. 

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday named “Rocky” star Sylvester Stallone and country music great George Strait among the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, as he pursues a controversial overhaul of the storied arts venue.Since returning to office in January, the Republican leader has declared war on what he calls “woke” viewpoints espoused in the nation’s cultural institutions, including a fresh probe of content at several Smithsonian museums.The Kennedy Center, a living monument to the late John F. Kennedy that opened in 1971, has long enjoyed bipartisan support but has been in the president’s crosshairs, and he appointed himself board chairman in February.”We have completely reversed the decline of this cherished national institution,” Trump told reporters at the stately white marble complex overlooking the Potomac River.”We ended the woke political programming.”Also receiving the Kennedy Center Honors, one of the nation’s highest arts awards for lifetime achievement, will be disco diva Gloria Gaynor, rock band KISS and British actor Michael Crawford, known for Broadway’s “Phantom of the Opera.”Trump announced he himself would host the awards gala, which usually takes place in early December and is later broadcast on CBS.”I did not insist, but I think it will be quite successful,” he said.He also joked that he wanted an honor himself but was “never able to get one.”- Rocky and the Phantom -Stallone, who at 79 is the same age as Trump, is a three-time Oscar nominee: for best actor and screenplay for the 1976 classic boxing flick “Rocky,” and for best supporting actor, again in the Rocky Balboa role, in the 2015 follow-up “Creed.”Trump called Stallone a “great actor.”He is also a major Trump supporter and one of the president’s “Hollywood ambassadors” along with Jon Voight and Mel Gibson. In November 2024, at a post-election event at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago compound in Florida, Stallone called him “the second George Washington.”Strait, 73, is one of the best-selling musicians of all time, with more than 120 million records sold. He is known for huge hits like “All My Exes Live in Texas” and “Amarillo by Morning.” “He’s a good looking guy. Hope he still looks like that,” Trump quipped.Gaynor, 81, is the singer behind the monster disco anthem “I Will Survive.”KISS, formed in the 1970s in Trump’s hometown New York City, gained fame with its shock rock performances and outlandish black and white face paint.”They work hard, and they’re still working hard,” the US president said.Crawford, 83, made his mark on British television in the 1970s before achieving international success by originating the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Phantom of the Opera,” thrilling audiences with his powerful tenor voice.”I think he’s one of the greatest talents I’ve ever actually seen,” Trump said Wednesday.In his first term, from 2017 to 2021, the Republican president skipped the Kennedy Center Honors gala because some of the artists receiving awards criticized him or said they would not attend in his presence.- ‘We’re restoring the Kennedy Center’ -The Kennedy Center is home to the National Symphony Orchestra and also offers theater, opera, comedy and other productions.Many artists associated with the center, including opera singer Renee Fleming and musician Ben Folds, have cut ties with the institution since Trump took the reins. Others including comedian Issa Rae canceled performances.The producers of smash hit historical musical “Hamilton” opted to cancel a scheduled 2026 run, citing the end of “neutrality” at the center.”We’re restoring the Kennedy Center as the premier venue for performing arts anywhere in the country, anywhere in the world,” Trump said.”It was being run down, money wasn’t being spent properly. They were building things they shouldn’t have built that nobody wanted instead of taking care of the great gem that it is.”The Smithsonian Institution, which runs a vast network of museums, said it was reviewing a White House letter announcing a probe of content aimed at removing “divisive or partisan narratives.”Among the museums targeted are the National Museum of American History, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the National Museum of the American Indian, the letter said.

US Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday took another detour from his high-profile holiday in the UK to visit American forces stationed in the country and praise their “courage”.Speaking after taking part in calls with European leaders and US President Donald Trump about the war in Ukraine, Vance said the US troops’ presence was essential to helping to end the fighting.Trump is to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Alaska “to try to achieve an end to this terrible war in Russia and Ukraine”, Vance told US troops stationed at the UK’s air force base in Fairford, Gloucestershire in southwest England.”You guys make that possible. You guys are the reason why we can go into a negotiation with strength,” Vance said.”Nothing that we do as an administration is possible without the hard work, the courage and the skill that you guys bring to the job,” he added.He addressed the troops after calls with Trump and European leaders ahead of the Alaska summit, aimed at convincing the US leader to respect Kyiv’s interests in the talks.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Wednesday that there was now a “viable” chance for a ceasefire after over three years since Russia’s February 2023 invasion of Ukraine.Vance arrived in the UK on August 8 with his wife and three children, only to be met by protests from residents in the Cotswolds countryside.He has spent much of his time in meetings with UK officials, including Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who hosted Vance at his country retreat in Chevening in Kent, southeast of London over the weekend.On Wednesday, Vance reportedly had breakfast with Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-immigrant Reform UK party, which is topping the current electoral polls.He met late Tuesday with Conservative Party justice spokesman Robert Jenrick, but has not managed to schedule face-to-face talks with the Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, The Times newspaper reported.Vance is reportedly heading next to Scotland with his family for several days.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday named “Rocky” star Sylvester Stallone and country music great George Strait among the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, as he pursues a controversial overhaul of the storied arts institution.Disco diva Gloria Gaynor, rock band KISS and British theater star Michael Crawford, known for his indelible turn in the lead role of Broadway staple “Phantom of the Opera,” will also receive the Honors, one of the nation’s highest arts awards.Trump announced he himself would host the Honors gala, which usually takes place in early December and is later broadcast on CBS.”I did not insist, but I think it will be quite successful,” he told reporters at the stately white marble complex overlooking the Potomac River.He also joked that he wanted an honor himself but was “never able to get one.”Stallone, who at 79 is the same age as Trump, is a three-time Oscar nominee: for best actor and screenplay for the 1976 classic boxing flick “Rocky,” and for best supporting actor, again in the Rocky Balboa role, in the 2015 follow-up “Creed.”He is also a major Trump supporter and one of the president’s “Hollywood ambassadors” along with Jon Voight and Mel Gibson.Strait, 73, is one of the best-selling musicians of all time, known for huge hits like “All My Exes Live in Texas” and “Amarillo by Morning.” Gaynor, 81, is the singer behind the monster disco anthem “I Will Survive.”KISS, formed in the 1970s in Trump’s hometown New York City, gained fame with its shock rock performances and outlandish black and white face paint.Crawford, 83, made his mark on British television in the 1970s before achieving international success by originating the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Phantom of the Opera,” thrilling audiences with his powerful tenor voice.- ‘Not going to be woke’ -The Kennedy Center, one of the nation’s top performing arts venues, is a living monument to the late John F. Kennedy. Opened in 1971, it has long enjoyed bipartisan support.But in February, shortly after returning to the Oval Office, Trump ousted the center’s leadership and installed himself as board chairman, vowing to purge any programming he deems objectionable.”A few short months ago, I became chairman of the Kennedy Center,” Trump said Wednesday.”We ended the woke…political programming.”In his first term, from 2017 to 2021, the Republican president skipped the Kennedy Center Honors gala, the biggest fundraiser of the year, because some of the artists receiving awards criticized him or said they would not attend in his presence.The Kennedy Center is home to the National Symphony Orchestra and also offers theater, opera, comedy and other productions.Many artists associated with the center, including opera singer Renee Fleming and musician Ben Folds, have cut ties with the institution. Others including comedian Issa Rae canceled performances.The producers of smash hit historical musical “Hamilton” opted to cancel a scheduled 2026 run timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, citing the end of “neutrality” at the center.

Among the constants in Donald Trump’s turbulent career have been a flair for drama and a belief in his dealmaking powers. In inviting Vladimir Putin, Trump will have plenty of the first — and put the second to the ultimate test.Trump will speak to his Russian counterpart about the Ukraine war on Friday in Alaska, the two presidents’ first standalone summit since a 2018 meeting in Helsinki where Trump’s cowed appearance haunted him long afterward.US officials said that Putin himself suggested the meeting. Trump agreed to invite him despite publicly saying how frustrated he has been with Putin’s refusal to accept any proposal to halt the war.Trump’s invitation to Putin, who is under indictment by the International Criminal Court, effectively ends the West’s shunning of the Russian president since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, whose leader Volodymyr Zelensky has called the Alaska trip a “personal victory” for Putin.Trump and his aides have quickly tried to play down the significance. Trump, voicing uncharacteristic humility about his diplomacy, said it was a “feel-out meeting” that would not in itself lead to a deal on Ukraine.But he rounded on the “fired losers and really dumb people” who have described the summit a propaganda victory for Putin, singling out in particular John Bolton, who served as his national security advisor for part of his first term. “If I got Moscow and Leningrad free, as part of the deal with Russia, the Fake News would say that I made a bad deal!” Trump thundered on his website, Truth Social.Trump has said he will speak with Zelensky and other European leaders immediately after the summit, which is expected to take place at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage.All have insisted that Ukraine not be excluded from talks on its fate.”European leaders, in the past, had the experience that whoever talks to Donald Trump last makes the most important impressions,” said Liana Fix, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.There is “a very strong urge in Donald Trump to be the one who brings peace to Ukraine — even for a fleeting moment of time, to have the picture of him agreeing with Vladimir Putin to a ceasefire,” she said.- Latest swing in strategy -Trump had vowed to end the war, which has killed tens of thousands, within 24 hours of returning to the White House. But he has found the path difficult — and his tactics have swung drastically.Trump berated Zelensky during a heated on-camera meeting at the White House where Vice President JD Vance accused Ukraine of ingratitude for US support, which Trump briefly shut down.Ukraine quickly realized it had to stomach Trump’s approach and signed on to his ceasefire bid. When Putin did not, Trump threatened sanctions on Russia, only to agree to meet Putin.”The mere fact of holding such a summit will be a victory for Putin,” Russian political analyst Konstantin Kalachev said.”Putin has not offered Trump anything significant, and Trump is already inviting him to Alaska,” he added, also calling the lack of new US sanctions by Trump an “unconditional victory” for Russia.Trump has rejected criticism that he is soft, noting that he ramped up tariffs on India, a key buyer of Russian oil.But Trump has also pushed for concessions from Zelensky, who has refused to surrender any land that Russia seized by force.George Beebe, the former director of Russia analysis at the CIA who is now director of grand strategy at the Quincy Institute, which supports military restraint, said that Trump could begin to work out the outlines of a deal to end the war.Russia could begrudgingly accept eventual European Union membership for Ukraine if it, in turn, stays out of NATO, the transatlantic military alliance, Beebe said.”As long as that relationship is limited to political and economic ties rather than military commitments, I think that’s something that they can live with,” Beebe said of Russia.But he said that such a short-notice summit at the presidential level raised expectations that may not be met.”Trump is tackling an issue that is fraught with political danger, and there’s absolutely no guarantee that this is going to be a success,” Beebe said.

Donald Trump styles himself as a strongman. And that’s exactly what he sees in Vladimir Putin.Their complicated relationship will be put to the test at a summit in Alaska on Friday, where the two leaders who claim to admire each other will seek to outmaneuver one another over how to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.While the two were close to a bromance during Trump’s first term (2017-2021), their relationship has grown strained during his second term. The US president has expressed anger with Putin for pressing on with his brutal three-year-old war in Ukraine, which Trump calls “ridiculous.”Trump describes the summit as “really a feel-out meeting” to evaluate Putin’s readiness to negotiate an end to the war.”I’m going to be telling him, ‘You’ve got to end this war,'” Trump said.The two leaders notably have radically different negotiating strategies: the Republican real estate magnate usually banks on making a deal, while the Russian president tends to take the long view, confident that time is on his side.- ‘Face to face’ -Referring to Trump’s meeting with Putin, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that Trump needs “to see him face to face… to make an assessment by looking at him.”Trump praised Putin for accepting his invitation to come to the US state of Alaska, which was once a Russian colony.”I thought it was very respectful that the president of Russia is coming to our country, as opposed to us going to his country or even a third place,” Trump said Monday.It will be only the second one-on-one meeting between the men since a 2018 Helsinki summit.Trump calls Putin smart and insists he’s always “had a very good relationship” with the Kremlin leader.But when Russian missiles pounded Kyiv earlier this year, Trump accused him of “needlessly killing a lot of people,” adding in a social media post: “He has gone absolutely CRAZY!”For his part, Putin has praised the Republican billionaire’s push to end the Ukraine war. “I have no doubt that he means it sincerely,” Putin said last year when Trump was running for president.Since returning to the White House in January, the American president has forged a rapprochement with Putin, who has been sidelined by the international community since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.Trump and Putin, aged 79 and 72 respectively, spoke for 90 minutes by phone in February, both expressing hope for a reset of relations.But after a series of fruitless talks and continued deadly Russian bombing of Ukrainian cities, Trump has appeared increasingly frustrated.”I am very disappointed with President Putin,” Trump told reporters last month. “I thought he was somebody that meant what he said. And he’ll talk so beautifully and then he’ll bomb people at night. We don’t like that.”- The memory of Helsinki -Trump and Putin have met six times, mostly on the sidelines of international events during Trump’s first term.In his recent book “War,” Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward wrote that Trump spoke to Putin seven times between leaving the White House in 2021 and returning there earlier this year. The Kremlin denies this.But the defining moment in their relationship remains the July 16, 2018 summit in the Finnish capital Helsinki. After a two-hour one-on-one meeting, Trump and Putin expressed a desire to mend relations between Washington and Moscow.But Trump caused an uproar during a joint press conference by appearing to take at face value the Russian president’s assurances that Moscow did not attempt to influence the 2016 US presidential election — even though US intelligence agencies had unanimously confirmed that it did.”I have great confidence in my intelligence people, but I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today,” Trump said. “He just said it’s not Russia. I will say this: I don’t see any reason why it would be.”Given this history, Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen is worried about what could happen at the Trump-Putin summit.”I am very concerned that President Putin will view this as a reward and another opportunity to further prolong the war instead of finally seeking peace,” she said.

A 15-minute walk from the White House, Tony and Mike stood on the sidewalk near the spot where a man was killed on Monday, the 100th murder of the year in Washington.The shooting broke out just a few hours after President Donald Trump announced a federal takeover of the US capital, which Trump described as overrun by crime — though official data shows that violence has recently decreased.”It’s sickening,” Tony told AFP early Tuesday. “It’s not safe anymore.””You do need change, you do need help,” Mike said.But Mike added that the city does not need the help Trump is sending in — “not National Guards.”The day after Trump’s press conference, residents of the area near the city center told stories of drug sales on the street, but were skeptical that federal intervention would make a difference.Tony has always lived in the area and, like the other residents interviewed, did not want to give his last name.He described a local street corner as an “open air market” with “all the drugs that you want.”Anne, who was holding pruning shears as she weeded, said needles are often discovered in the flowerbed of the church on the corner.It was near this spot that Tymark Wells, 33, was shot around 7:00 pm Monday before later dying in hospital, according to a police report that did not mention a motive or suspect.- ‘Stunt’ -The area is the “wild wild West and it’s always been like that,” said Lauren, who lives in a building nearby.”We’re so desensitized,” the 42-year-old added.When Trump announced his DC plan, he said it was “becoming a situation of complete and total lawlessness.”However the Department of Justice said in January that violent crime in Washington recently hit its lowest level in 30 years.Because of easy access to guns in the United States, the crime number still “may look differently in America than it does in other parts of the world,” Brianne Nadeau, a member of DC’s overwhelmingly Democratic city council, told AFP.”But we have made substantial strides here,” she said, calling Trump’s federal takeover a “political stunt.”The annual number of homicides in the city peaked at 274 in 2023, before falling to 187 last year. That is still one of the highest per capita homicide rates in the country.Trump also justified the takeover by citing the number of homeless people in the city.Ace, a 16-year-old walking her dog, said the presence of the homeless contributed to the feeling of insecurity.Sometimes unhoused people would get on top of her parents’ car, she said. “You don’t know if they are going to break in.”- ‘Only the beginning’ -While waiting for the National Guard, around 850 federal agents were deployed to Washington on Monday, making 23 arrests, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.”This is only the beginning,” she said.National Guard troops started to appear on the US capital’s streets Tuesday night, with their armored vehicles rolling past the Washington Monument at sunset.Terry Cole, head of the Drug Enforcement Administration tasked with leading the federal takeover of the city’s police, said patrolling would be ramped up. Federal agents and police will work “hand in hand” during these patrols, Cole added.The city’s Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser, who has been forced to accommodate the takeover, said this approach is “the wrong way to do it.”Federal agents are not trained to go out on patrol, she said.On Tuesday night, Bowser used her strongest words yet to criticize the takeover, describing it as “an authoritarian push” during an online conversation with residents on social media.Tom, who lives near the scene of Monday’s shooting, told AFP there were not enough police patrols in the area.But he also criticized Trump’s “draconian approach,” saying it was unlikely to “yield any good results.”Across the street, a small memorial stood in tribute to a different shooting victim.A picture of a young Black man has been wrapped around a tree, with flowers arrayed at its base.Turell Delonte, 30, was shot dead by police at the spot in 2023, after he was suspected of drug trafficking.

Justice officials said Tuesday that Mexico has sent 26 wanted fugitives to the United States, including alleged Mexican drug cartel kingpins, amid pressure to crack down on cross-border fentanyl smuggling.”These fugitives are collectively alleged to have imported into the United States tonnage quantities of dangerous drugs, including cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl and heroin,” the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a statement.US officials released a list of those extradited and currently in their custody, saying they are fugitives wanted for “violent and serious crimes” including drug trafficking, kidnapping, human smuggling and the murder of a Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy in 2008, among other crimes. US Attorney General Pam Bondi called the transfer “the latest example of the Trump administration’s historic efforts to dismantle cartels and foreign terrorist organizations.”The transfer was made “at the solicitation of the US Department of Justice,” which “agreed not to seek the death penalty for the prisoners in its country,” according to a joint statement from the Attorney General of Mexico and Mexico’s Secretariat of Security and Civilian Safety.The US embassy in Mexico said in a statement that kingpins from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and Sinaloa Cartel are among those who were extradited — both groups which were designated as terrorist organizations by the US in February.- ‘Common enemies’ -“These fugitives will now face justice in US courts, and the citizens of both of our nations will be safer from these common enemies,” US Ambassador Ronald Johnson said in a statement, praising the government of Mexico “for demonstrating resolve in the face of organized crime.”Among the drug dealers sent to the United States in Tuesday’s transfer was Los Cuinis leader Abigael Gonzalez Valencia, whose cartel is accused of trafficking tons of cocaine from South America through Mexico and into the United States.It also included the Sinaloa Cartel’s Leobardo Garcia Corrales, who is accused of trafficking fentanyl into the United States in exchange for weapons “such as AK-47s, grenades and submachine guns,” US DOJ officials said.Abdul Karim Conteh is alleged to have smuggled thousands of migrants through Mexico from around the world — including Iran, Afghanistan, Somalia, Kazakhstan and other countries — “by various surreptitious and unlawful means, including the use of ladders and tunnels” to cross the US border, officials said.Another transferred fugitive is Roberto Salazar, who is “wanted in connection with the murder of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Juan Escalante,” who was killed while leaving his home in 2008, the DOJ said.All those transferred face a maximum sentence of life in prison, except Conteh, who faces a maximum of 45 years, if convicted.The handover comes as the North American neighbors negotiate a security agreement that addresses drugs and arms trafficking. The prisoners were moved under an abbreviated legal procedure, authorities said, which excludes some measures provided in traditional extradition cases.Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s government defended the move, saying some drug lords regain freedom through judicial corruption. The transfer is the second such instance since Trump returned to the White House in January.In late February, Mexico transferred 29 accused narcotraffickers to the United States, including prominent cartel kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero, who was accused of kidnapping and killing DEA special agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985.The US currently has other kingpins in custody, including Sinaloa Cartel founders Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who received a life sentence, and Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, who is awaiting trial.Sheinbaum has pledged to collaborate with Washington on tackling drug trafficking, while rejecting any “invasion” of her country’s sovereignty.