US EditionUS Won't Seek Death Penalty for Mexican Drug Lords Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, AUG 6 – The U.S. Attorney General directed prosecutors to spare cartel leaders Ismael Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero from the death penalty, reflecting Mexico's extradition conditions and diplomatic considerations.
- U.S. prosecutors said they won't seek the death penalty against Mexican drug lords Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero.
- Caro Quintero, 72, and Zambada, 75, have pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges.
- Zambada was seen as the Sinaloa cartel's strategist and dealmaker, while Caro Quintero headed the Guadalajara cartel.
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By Uriel Blanco and Gerardo Lemos, CNN en Español Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday that her government's position is against the death penalty, following the recent decisions of the United States not to request this measure against alleged Mexican drug traffickers Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero, who are detained in the US. “We are against the death penalty. The crime doesn't matter. It's not something we agre…
The U.S. prosecution ruled out asking for the death penalty for the Mexican Ismael «Mayo» Zambada, one of the founders of the Sinaloa cartel, accused of drug trafficking in a New York court, information sources judicial this Tuesday. The decision of the Attorney General, Pam Bondi, thus closes the possibility that in case Zambada, 77, sits on the bench of the defendants could be punished with capital punishment.
New York— U.S. Attorneys said Tuesday that they will not seek the death penalty in their cases against Mexican capo Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero, the drug trafficker accused of orchestrating the murder of an agent of the U.S. Drug Control Administration (DEA) in 1985. Prosecutors would no longer comment yesterday after telling judges in brief letters that Attorney General Pam Bondi had asked them not to prosecute the death p…
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US won't seek death penalty for Mexican drug lords Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero (World)
U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday they won't seek the death penalty in their cases against Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero, the drug lord charged with orchestrating the 1985 killing of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent. Caro Quintero, 72, and Zambada, ...
Prosecutors won't seek death penalty for drug kingpin Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada Garcia
Federal prosecutors for the Eastern District of New York informed the court and defense attorneys for "El Mayo" on Tuesday that "the Attorney General has authorized and directed this Office not to seek the death penalty against the defendant Ismael Zambada Garcia."
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