Co-Founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada Garcia, Pleads Guilty to Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Racketeering
August 25, 2025
August 25, 2025
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release:
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Co-Founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada Garcia, Pleads Guilty to Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Racketeering
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Ismael Zambada Garcia also known as El Mayo, 75, of Sinaloa, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to being a principal leader of a continuing criminal enterprise -- the Sinaloa Cartel (the Cartel), one o . . .
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Co-Founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada Garcia, Pleads Guilty to Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Racketeering
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Ismael Zambada Garcia also known as El Mayo, 75, of Sinaloa, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to being a principal leader of a continuing criminal enterprise -- the Sinaloa Cartel (the Cartel), one o . . .