Ismael Zambada, famous leader of the drug cartel, sentenced to life in prison in the United States0

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• July 20, 2026

One of the most notorious figures in Mexico’s drug cartels, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, will spend the rest of his life in prison, a U.S. judge has ruled, two years after Zambada was lured to the United States in an elaborate sting operation. The 76-year-old, who founded the violent Sinaloa Cartel with Joaquín “El Chapo”