The guilty plea caps a stunning reversal of fortune for Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, who, with "El Chapo" Guzman, ruled the ...

The Justice Department has said it would not seek the death penalty for former cartel leader Ismael Zambada García and other ...

El Mayo,” the elderly Mexican drug lord who took over “El Chapo’s” notorious cartel, skirted the death penalty in Brooklyn ...

Accused Mexican drug kingpin and El Chapo partner Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia pleaded guilty in Brooklyn to running a ...

The 75-year-old led the cartel for four decades before his arrest last year, during which officials say he was tricked into ...

The U.S. directed prosecutors to not seek capital punishment for three reputed drug lords, including one in a DEA agent's ...

Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty Monday ...

U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday they won't seek the death penalty in their cases against Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael "El Mayo ...

Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada built the Sinaloa cartel into the world's most powerful drug trafficking organization. He pleaded ...

A member of the Los Zetas cartel is expected to spend the rest of his life in a Mexican prison after receiving a sentence of ...

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 7, 2025, Section A, Page 19 of the New York edition with the headline: Three Drug Cartel Bosses Will Not Face Death Penalty.

Former Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada admitted in a U.S. courtroom on Monday to ordering murders and shipping ...