Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, a senior leader of the Sinaloa cartel and former partner of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, was sentenced to life imprisonment in a New York court as part of a plea agreement. He admitted to smuggling thousands of tons of cocaine into the United States, according to Israeli news outlet N12.
Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, a senior leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, has been sentenced to life in prison in the United States. Zambada, who was a former partner of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, entered a plea deal in which he admitted to smuggling thousands of tons of cocaine into the US. The sentencing took place in a federal court in New York. The case was reported by the Israeli news outlet N12.
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