Former Mexican drug lord Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada set to be sentenced to life in prison
He admitted to shipping millions of kilograms of cocaine and agreed to forfeit $15 billion, prosecutors said.
- Ismael Mayo Zambada is set to be sentenced in Brooklyn federal court on Monday to life in prison, a punishment guaranteed by his guilty plea last year to drug trafficking charges.
- As the Sinaloa cartel's strategist and dealmaker, Zambada oversaw the transport of at least 1.5 million kilograms of cocaine from 1980 until last year, most of which went to the United States.
- Zambada pleaded guilty to 85 underlying crimes, including racketeering conspiracy and engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, and faces $15 billion in financial penalties, prosecutors reported.
- Defense lawyer Frank Perez requested a prison hospital placement for the 76-year-old, citing age-related health issues, while federal prosecutors urged Judge Brian M. Cogan to consider "the serious ongoing security risks."
- His arrest triggered deadly fighting in Sinaloa between his loyalists and the Chapitos, the sons of co-founder Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán, after years of orchestrating torture and murders.
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Sinaloa Cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ sentenced to life in U.S. prison
Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, who co-led the Sinaloa Cartel for nearly four decades, has been sentenced to life in prison and ordered to forfeit $15 billion. Zambada, 76, was sentenced Monday in the Eastern District of New York after pleading guilty to leading a continuing criminal enterprise and violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. Federal prosecutors said Zambada was a principal leader of the S…
Mexican Cartel Leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada Gets Life Sentence in U.S.
Drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a key figure in the Sinaloa Cartel, has been sentenced to life in prison by a United States federal court amid the Trump administration’s ongoing crackdown on international drug trafficking.PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, a major Mexican drug cartel, has been sentenced to life in prison in the United States. DETAIL: On Monday, in Brooklyn federal court, U…
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A kidnapping, a capture and a life sentence: Inside the downfall of cartel boss 'El Mayo'
For decades, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was Mexico's most elusive kingpin, perpetually slipping through the fingers of authorities who pursued him across his home state of Sinaloa.
Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, the historic leader of the Sinaloa Cartel that for more than four decades led from underground one of the largest criminal networks in the world, ended up this Monday sentenced to life imprisonment by a federal court in New York. Zambada (El Alamo, Sinaloa, 76 years old) was born and grew up in the state ... Continue reading "The dark tour of May Zambada, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel sentenced to life imprisonment in th…
A U.S. court has sentenced Mexican drug cartel kingpin "El Mayo" to life in prison. He was allegedly tricked into being arrested in the United States two years ago. In court, he apologized and urged future generations to choose a different path.
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