The Justice Department’s decision, which benefits Caro Quintero and ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, marks a shift from the president’s ...

U.S. prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty in their cases against Mexican drug lords Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Rafael ...

The Department of Justice won't seek the death penalty for three top cartel leaders incarcerated in the country ...

The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it will not seek the death penalty for accused Mexican drug traffickers Rafael ...

In September 2024, Zambada pleaded not guilty to charges that accused him of drug trafficking, murder plots and torture.

Ismael Zambada Garcia was arrested last year in a bizarre and mysterious situation after he was brought to the U.S. in a ...

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

Foreign defendants are rarely sent to the United States if they might face death, and America’s use of capital punishment has ...

Zambada said in a letter that he was kidnapped in Mexico and brought to the U.S. by Guzmán López, son of imprisoned Sinaloa co-founder Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.

President Trump has signed an order telling the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain criminal gangs that the United States has named terror organizations.

Zambada, 76, once ran the cartel in partnership with the flashier and better-known kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, who is serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison.

Zambada is the eldest son of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García, a longtime leader of the so-called Sinaloa Cartel, a federation of drug lords that has long controlled smuggling routes in ...