Mexican drug lord “El Mayo” — who co-founded the notorious Sinaloa cartel with “El Chapo” — apologized for his reign of brutal violence Monday before being handed a life sentence in a New York federal ...

Mexican drug trafficker Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Tuesday for co-founding and leading the notorious Sinaloa cartel. Zambada was one ...

Zambada’s sentencing is the culmination of the U.S. government’s yearslong fight to bring the long-elusive Sinaloa cartel co-founder to justice.

Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia received a life sentence and was ordered to forfeit $15 billion in drug trafficking profits.

Chicago was a key hub for the cartel, which Zambada and co-founder Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera ruled through torture and killings. And nearly two decades of Chicago-based drug investigations were ...

Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada ordered torture and plotted murders as he Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán grew the Sinaloa cartel into the world's largest drug trafficking organization, prosecutors said.

Ismael Zambada Garcia, also known as "El Mayo," was sentenced to life in prison and ordered to pay $15 billion for his role as a co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel.

MEXICO CITY — “El Mayo” Zambada, founding leader of the legendary Sinaloa cartel, will be sentenced in New York on Monday, a ruling expected to send Mexico’s last old-school drug lord to prison for ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Mexican drug kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada is set to be sentenced in a U.S. court Monday to life in prison, a punishment guaranteed by ...

Zambada had admitted to shipping millions of kilograms of cocaine as leader of the violent Sinaloa Cartel. Read more at ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Mexican drug kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was sentenced in a U.S. court on Monday to life in prison and called for an end to the brand of brutal violence he used to grow the ...

FILE - This undated image provided by the U.S. Department of State shows Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, a historic leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel. (U.S. Department of State via AP, File) NEW YORK (AP) — ...