Ismael El Mayo Zambada’s trial to be held in New York
Ismael El Mayo Zambada’s trial will be in New York, a way to ensure a more secure verdict.
Alleged Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada will be transferred from El Paso, Texas, to Brooklyn, New York, to face trial, his lawyer Frank Perez.
Ismael El Mayo Zambada’s trial in New York has not yet been set an exact date to proceed with the transfer.
Zambada, 76, will face trial in the same federal court in the Eastern District of New York where other prominent drug trafficking figures have been convicted, including former Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2019.
Ismael El Mayo Zambada’s trial will be in New York and he will be charged with various crimes, including drug trafficking to the United States.
In the same court, Vicente Zambada Niebla, known as El Vicentillo, son of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and member of the Sinaloa Cartel, was also sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2019.
Also in a New York court, Genaro García Luna, Mexico’s former Secretary of Public Security during the six-year term of President Felipe Calderón, was convicted for his involvement in drug trafficking and corruption and is awaiting sentencing.
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Ismael El Mayo Zambada’s trial to be held in New York
Several US prosecutors have been vying for who will be the first to prosecute Zambada.
Indictments have been filed against El Mayo in New York, California, Texas, Illinois and Washington and several of those districts wanted to prosecute him, sources told CNN.
On the trial of Ismael El Mayo Zambada in New York, a Justice Department spokesman declined to comment Wednesday.
The court case comes after a plane carrying Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, El Chapo’s son Joaquin Guzman Lopez – 38 – flew in late July from Mexico to El Paso, leading to their arrest.
Ismael El Mayo Zambada’s trial will be in New York, and prosecutors must prove charges for allegedly leading the criminal operations of what is considered one of the most powerful and deadly drug trafficking operations in the world.
Zambada’s lawyer described the incident not as a hoax, but as a violent kidnapping, saying he “neither surrendered nor negotiated any terms with the US government.”
