By Luc Cohen and Nate Raymond August 25, 20254:00 PM GMT-5
Summary
- Zambada admits to ordering murders, shipping cocaine for Sinaloa cartel
- Justice Dept will not seek death penalty for Zambada or Caro Quintero
- Zambada’s sentencing set for January 2026, not cooperating with authorities
NEW YORK, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Former Mexican drug kingpin Ismael «El Mayo» Zambada admitted in a U.S. courtroom on Monday to ordering murders and shipping millions of kilograms of cocaine during his decades-long leadership of the violent Sinaloa cartel.
Zambada, 75, faces a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment after pleading guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to charges that he engaged in a racketeering conspiracy and ran a continuing criminal enterprise that prosecutors said was responsible for flooding the U.S. with cocaine, heroin and fentanyl.
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