The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Last of Mexico’s narco old guard, ‘El Mayo’ faces life in jail
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Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, a founding leader of the Sinaloa cartel, is set to be sentenced to life in prison in New York. Zambada, who rose from a farmworker to a global drug kingpin, was arrested in 2024 after decades of evading authorities.
Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, founding leader of the legendary Sinaloa cartel, will be sentenced in New York on Monday (July 20, 2026), a ruling expected to send Mexico 's last old-school druglord to prison for life.
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