{"id":32592,"date":"2025-08-26T06:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/08\/26\/former-mexican-drug-kingpin-ismael-el-mayo-zambada-pleads-guilty-to-us-charges\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T06:20:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T22:20:00","slug":"former-mexican-drug-kingpin-ismael-el-mayo-zambada-pleads-guilty-to-us-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/08\/26\/former-mexican-drug-kingpin-ismael-el-mayo-zambada-pleads-guilty-to-us-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Mexican drug kingpin Ismael &#8216;El Mayo&#8217; Zambada pleads guilty to US charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Mexican drug kingpin Ismael &#8220;El Mayo&#8221; Zambada pleaded guilty on Monday to U.S. charges related to his decades-long leadership of the violent<br \/>Sinaloa cartel and its role in flooding the U.S. with drugs, including cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl.<br \/>Zambada, the alleged co-founder of Mexico&#8217;s Sinaloa cartel, pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to charges that he engaged in a racketeering conspiracy and ran a continuing criminal enterprise that prosecutors said was responsible for importing and distributing massive quantities of drugs.<br \/>Those charges stemmed from his decades-long role leading the Sinaloa cartel alongside imprisoned drug lord Joaquin &#8220;El Chapo&#8221; 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