A top leader of a drug cartel was taken into US custody.

That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post.

I'm Hannah Jewel. It's Friday, July 26th. Let's get you caught up with

today's seven stories.

The Cinelloa cartel is a global drug trafficking syndicate.

It's considered to be the number one supplier of fentanyl to the United States.

That's a potent and deadly opioid.

Ismaia Zambara Garcia is considered one of the co-founders of the cartel.

He's better known as El Mayo.

And yesterday he was arrested by authorities in Texas.

That's according to senior Mexican and U.S. officials.

A department of Homeland Security official told the post how it happened.

Zambara was fooled into boarding a private plane in Mexico bound for the US.

Authorities also arrested the son of another notorious drug kingpin El Chappo.

He's currently serving a life sentence in a Colorado prison. The arrests are a major

blow to the Cinelloa Federation. But fentanyl is believed to be manufactured by small scale producers who feed the cartel.

So these detentions are unlikely to dry up the supply of fentanyl to the U.S.

Number two, Kamala Harris is considering about a dozen potential vice presidential picks.

The process of selecting a running mate got underway on Tuesday.

And this morning, the Post reported that Vice President Harris has identified three top candidates.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, and

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper.

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