Published 09/13/2024 2:43:00 p.m.

Longtime Mexican drug cartel leader set to be arraigned in New York

Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, will be arraigned in New York on a 17-count indictment for narcotics trafficking and murder.
Zambada has been in U.S. Custody since July 25, after landing in a private plane near El Paso with another fugitive cartel leader, Joaquín Guzmán López.
U.S. Prosecutors request Zambada's permanent detention; if convicted, he faces life in prison and may be eligible for the death penalty.

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Alleged Mexican Drug Lord "El Mayo" Pleads Not Guilty To Drug Trafficking Charges In US Court

The accused Mexican kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges on Friday in the same New York courthouse where fellow Sinaloa cartel co-founder Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was convicted five years earlier. Zambada entered the plea to the 17 felony counts he faces, which also include money laundering and weapons charges, at a hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge James Cho in Brooklyn. Cho ordered that Zambada, 7…

09/13/2024 5:40:03 p.m.·New Delhi, India

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09/13/2024 4:13:41 a.m.·United States

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USA Today

Reputed Sinaloa Cartel leader 'El Mayo' pleads not guilty in NY courtroom

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09/13/2024 8:12:44 p.m.·United States

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Longtime Mexican drug cartel leader set to be arraigned in New York

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09/13/2024 4:13:40 a.m.·United States

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CBS News

Longtime leader of powerful Mexico cartel pleads not guilty to drug trafficking and murder charges in New York

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09/13/2024 3:06:44 p.m.

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RTÉ

Sinaloa cartel co-founder 'El Mayo' pleads not guilty

The accused Mexican kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges in the same New York courthouse where fellow Sinaloa cartel co-founder Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was convicted five years earlier.

09/13/2024 4:08:38 p.m.·Ireland

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