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 ...

Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, a Mexican drug lord who trafficked substances into the US for the Sinaloa cartel, has been jailed for life.

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 ...

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

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.

Federal authorities Monday announced a life sentence for the Mexican drug lord known as El Mayo years after putting away his infamous former Sinaloa cartel partner, El Chapo.

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 ...

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

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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 ...

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 ...