EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Apowerful Mexican drug cartel leaderon Thursday made his second appearance in federal court inTexasafter being taken into U.S. custody last week. Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, 76, used a wheelchair for the hearing before U.S. District...
Mexican Drug Cartel Leader Extradited to US to Face Drug Conspiracy Chargespresumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.If convicted, Cano-Flores faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and a maximum penalty oflife in prison.The case is...
By 2010, the Zetas had formed their own cartel, spreading terror-style attacks across Mexico as far south as Tabasco until their top leaders were killed or arrested in 2012 and 2013. An offshoot of the Zetas, the Northeast cartel, continues to control the ...
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was apprehended when he was duped into getting on a flight that landed in Texas, while Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of drug lord “El Chapo,” was secretly flown to Chicago. July 27, 2024 Additional Live Streams Live ABC News Live Live Tracking roller coaster temps...
MEXICO CITY, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Mexican security forces shot dead two suspected drug cartel leaders early Saturday in different clashes in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, the state government announced. Tamaulipas' security secretariat wrote on Twitter that a presumed leader of the Gulf Car...
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
controlling a drug smuggling route through Mexico's west into Arizona. Under the auspices of major capos such as the still at large Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and the reportedly deceased Juan José Esparragoza Morena, alias "El Azul" (The Blue One), the cartel rose to prominence as a l...
Mexican drug cartel claims responsibility for nightclub shooting---Members of Mexico's Zetas drug cartel presumably claimed responsibility for the nightclub shooting that killed five people in the Caribbean resort of Playa del Carmen, local media reporte
The Arellano Felix cartel emerged as a drug trafficking powerhouse in the 1980s in Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, though its influence is widely believed to have waned in recent years as its leaders have been killed or captured. ...
There have been fears that wider violence might break out in Sinaloa following recent detentions of top Sinaloa cartel leaders in the U.S. In late July,Joaquín Guzmán López, one of El Chapo's sons,apparently kidnapped Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada- an older drug boss from a rival faction of...