One of Mexico’s Biggest Drug Lords, Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, Pleaded Guilty On Monday Duration a Court Case in New York. He admitted to Being Guilty of Large-Scal Drug Trafficking in The US And Leading A Criminal Organization.
Last year, The Mexican Denied Being Guilty of the Drug Allegations. But On Monday, the Changed His plea in Federal Court in Brooklyn and Confessed Anyway. With This Confession, The Drug Lord Avoids The Death Penalty.
The 77-Year-Old Zambada Admitted, Among Other Things, That Led A Criminal Organization Responsible for the Import and Distribution of NogTous Quantities of Drugs, Including Cocaine, Heroin and Fentanyl. Fentanyl is a Synthetic Painkiller with a Potency up to fifty Times Stronger Than Heroin. Accordance to American Officials, its use is the leading cause of Death Among Americans aged 18 to 45.
The Drug Lord was arrested in July 2024, Along with Joaquin Guzmán Lopez, One of the Sons of his partner Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán. Together they founded the drug cartel in the 1980s. Guzmán is Currently Serving A Life Sentence in a Maximum Security Prison in Colorado.
Zambada Remained More in the Background, But According to Experts Played a Major Role in Logistics and Relationships with Other Gangs. The US Department of Justice Calls The Sinaloa Cartel “One of the Most Violent and Powerful Drug Trafficking Organizations in the World”.