Long-elusive Mexican drug lord Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada pleads guilty in US
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NEW YORK (AP) — Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada pleaded guilty Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, saying he was sorry for helping flood the U.S. with cocaine, heroin and o
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Watch the Justice Department's announcement on El Mayo's plea below: The plea agreement orders him to forfeit $15 billion. By Aaron Katersky August 25, 2025, 12:11 PM The co-founder of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel pleaded guilty Monday to federal drug trafficking charges that accused him of being one of …
Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to his role in the violent drug trade that for years flooded the U.S. with cocaine, heroin and other illicit substances.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada is expected to plead guilty Monday to federal charges related to his role in the
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada pleaded guilty Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, saying he was sorry for helping flood the U.S. with cocaine, heroin and o
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the elderly Mexican drug lord who took over "El Chapo's" infamous cartel, admitted in Brooklyn court Monday to fueling a violent trade that drowned the US in heroin, cocaine and fentanyl for decades.
Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada apologized for the damage caused by the organization while pleading guilty to charges in a U.S. court
NEW YORK — Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada pleaded guilty Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, saying he was sorry for helping flood the U.S. with cocaine, heroin and other illicit substances and for fueling deadly violence in Mexico.
NEW YORK >> Former Mexican drug kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada admitted in a U.S. courtroom today to ordering murders and shipping millions of kilograms of cocaine during his decades-long leadership of the violent Sinaloa cartel.
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada built the Sinaloa cartel into the world's most powerful drug trafficking organization. He is set to plead guilty to federal charges Monday, raising the possibility he could help U.S. authorities investigate corrupt officials in Mexico.
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García, the 75-year-old co-founder of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, has pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to leading one of the world’s most powerful drug trafficking organizations, ensuring he will spend the rest of his life in an American prison, according to the Justice Dep…
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