
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, co-founder of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel and one of the world's most elusive drug lords, is set to face trial in New York City. The development mirrors the dramatic legal proceedings against his former associate, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.
A federal judge determined on August 15 that Zambada will be transferred from El Paso, Texas, to New York, where he will be tried in the same Brooklyn courtroom that saw El Chapo sentenced to life in prison in 2019.