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US Won't Seek Death Penalty for Mexican Drug Lords Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero

MEXICO, AUG 6 – U.S. prosecutors follow Attorney General's directive influenced by extradition rules with Mexico, sparing three cartel leaders from capital punishment despite serious charges.

  • 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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The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, said Wednesday that the position of her government is against the death penalty, after the recent decisions of the United States not to ask for this measure against the alleged Mexican drug traffickers Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero, who are detained in the United States. “We are against the death penalty. It doesn’t matter the crime. It’s not something that we agree with. So, in any…

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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…

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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.

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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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El Chapo's associate and co-founder of the notorious Sinaloa cartel pleads not guilty and denounces the circumstances of his arrest

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