Two from El País. July 20, 2026:
Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada sentenced to life by a New York court
Former Sinaloa Cartel leader last year pleaded guilty to trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine over a period of decades
....MUCH MORE
And August 28, 2025:
‘El Mayo’ Zambada’s $15 billion forfeiture: A difficult bounty to collect
Here's the press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York.
These are very bad people. Some of the headlines at https://www.borderlandbeat.com (also on blogroll at right):
- Ten Corpses Abandoned Around Zacatecas, Five Hanging From a Bridge - Updated
- Gunfights and a Drone Bombing Once Again Rock Escuinapa, Sinaloa
- Sinaloa Cartel Cell Arrested for Mass Killing Last Week in El Bosque, Chiapas
- "People Linked to Organized Crime Were Part of AMLO's Administration": "El Chapo's" Lawyer
- Ten Chapitos Gunmen Killed in Government Operations in Rosario, Sinaloa
- El Mayo Seems To Think He’s Special
- Los Rusos Retaliate for Operations, Killing Two State Police Agents in Mexicali, Baja California
- Five Bodies and Burned Vehicles Found after Shootout in San Francisco de Borja, Chihuahua
- 24,000 Liters of Meth Found at Warehouse in Los Mochis, Sinaloa
It just goes on and on and on.