Mexican drug lord ‘El Mayo’ sentenced to life in prison in US federal court
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Mexican drug lord Ismael Zambada García, known as El Mayo, was sentenced to life in prison in a US federal court in Brooklyn, New York. He pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine and other drugs as a leader of the Sinaloa cartel. The sentencing follows a similar life sentence for his co-founder Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán in 2019. The case highlights the US government's ongoing efforts to prosecute high-level Mexican drug traffickers.
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Plea deal allowed for life sentence without trial complexities.
Zambada is 76 years old.
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Zambada co-founded and led the Sinaloa cartel.
The Guardian- Plea deal allowed for life sentence without trial complexities.
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Loaded language removed<p>Case against Ismael Zambada García, who helped co-found and lead the violent Sinaloa cartel, unfolded in New York</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/mexico">Mexican</a> drug kingpin, Ismael Zambada García, known as “El Mayo”, was sentenced in a US federal court on Monday to life in prison, after a plea deal last year in which he admitted to shipping vast amounts of cocaine…
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Zambada co-founded and led the Sinaloa cartel.
The GuardianZambada is 76 years old.
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