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Sinaloa Cartel Co-Founder 'El Mayo' Zambada Sentenced to Life in US Prison

ID: 4709cf54-9664-5a53-9079-c78e6811a76d

STIX ID: report--4709cf54-9664-5a53-9079-c78e6811a76d

Feed Name: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Date Published: 2026-07-20

Date Updated: 2026-07-20

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Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia, co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, was sentenced to life without parole and ordered to forfeit $15 billion after pleading guilty to racketeering and running a criminal enterprise; the report outlines decades of drug trafficking, money laundering, kidnapping, murder, expansion into mass fentanyl production using precursor chemicals from China, and systemic corruption that protected his operations.

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