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A cartel war bleeding Sinaloa dry: homicides rise 400% in the year after the fall of ‘El Mayo’

August 10 was, for many in Mexico, a quiet Sunday like any other. But in Sinaloa—a northwestern state facing the Pacific—it ...

Sinaloa Cartel Founder Expected to Plead Guilty to Trafficking Charges

Ismael Zambada García, known as El Mayo, was accused of running a murderous operation that ran drugs like cocaine, heroin and ...

Guilty plea by El Chapo cohort planned as cartel offensive starts

Ismael Zambada Garcia was El Chapo’s right hand man for decades; co-founder of the bloodthirsty Sinaloa cartel and now he’s ...
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Former Sinaloa cartel kingpin Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada set to plead ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada is set to plead guilty next week in a drug trafficking case that accuses him of ordering torture, plotting murders and ...
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Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, alleged Mexican drug lord, set to plead ...

NEW YORK, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the accused co-founder of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, is expected to plead guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges, court records showed on ...