(25 Aug 2025)
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New York – 25 August 2025
1. Exterior of federal courthouse in Brooklyn
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Pam Bondi, US Attorney General:
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"Drug kingpin Ishmael Zambada Garcia, also known as El Mayo has confessed to a lifetime of crime in service to the Sinaloa cartel, a foreign terrorist organization…El Mayo will spend the rest of his life behind bars."
3. Illustration of Zambada taking oath in federal court
4. Illustration of Zambada speaking next to his attorney in federal court
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Nocella Jr., U.S. Attorney for Eastern District of New York:
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"This is an historic day. With today’s plea, the Sinaloa cartel has been decapitated. Its two founders and leaders, Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán, also known as El Chapo, and now El Mayo, both stand convicted. These defendants built a criminal empire in Sinaloa, Mexico. Their cartel grew like it was a cancer throughout the hemisphere. They flooded the United States with deadly drugs."
6. Police vehicle pulls up in front of courthouse
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Frank Perez, defense attorney for Zambada:
"I think the outcome was good. He pled guilty. He wanted to accept responsibility. And he did."
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STORYLINE:
Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to his role in the violent drug trade.
For years the operation flooded the U.S. with cocaine, heroin and other illicit substances.
The longtime leader in the Sinaloa cartel entered his plea Monday in a Brooklyn federal court.
Prosecutors have said they won’t seek the death penalty against the 75-year-old Zambada. He was arrested in Texas last year.
Prosecutors say that under Zambada’s leadership and that of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, the Sinaloa cartel evolved from a regional player into the world’s largest drug trafficking organization.
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