The guilty plea caps a stunning reversal of fortune for Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, who, with "El Chapo" Guzman, ruled the ...

Ismael Mario Zambada García, the former drug lord and top leader of the Sinaloa cartel known as El Mayo, will plead guilty to ...

The 75-year-old led the cartel for four decades before his arrest last year, during which officials say he was tricked into ...

Zambada’s co-defendant “El Chapo” was arrested in 2016 and convicted for his role in the cartel in 2019. Zambada faces a life sentence in prison if found guilty, because of the continuing criminal ...

El Mayo’s arrest comes more than a decade after his son, Vicente Zambada-Niebla, the onetime heir-apparent to the Sinaloa cartel, was arrested on charges brought in Chicago and eventually agreed ...

(CNN) — Alleged Sinaloa cartel cofounder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada appeared Thursday in federal court in Texas for his latest hearing since his arrest a week ago in an intrigue-packed case centered on ...

Ismael “EL mayo” zamBada is far less well-known than his fellow founder of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, Joaquín Gúzman, or “El Chapo”. With his daring prison escapes and a craving for ...

Meanwhile, a son of “El Mayo,” Ismael Zambada Imperial, pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court in San Diego in 2021 to being a leader in the Sinaloa cartel.

MEXICO CITY — Mexican drug cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada said he was ambushed and kidnapped when he thought he was going to meet the governor of the northern state of Sinaloa, then ...

Zambada, 76, has so far appeared in U.S. federal court in El Paso, Texas, which is in one of the jurisdictions where he has been indicted. He has pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy ...

Walking with a noticeable limp, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia, 76, was led by the arm by federal marshals to the defense table inside the same courthouse where his cartel co-founder, Joaqui… ...