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U.S. Prosecutors Allege El Mayo Zambada Built a Cartel Empire by Bribing Police, Military and Politicians Across Mexico

Federal prosecutors in New York have made one of the most sweeping corruption allegations ever filed against the leadership of the Sinaloa Cartel, accusing Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada,of overseeing a criminal organization that allegedly paid millions of dollars in bribes "at all levels of the Mexican government" to protect its drug trafficking operations.

The accusation appears in a sentencing memorandum filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ahead of Zambada's July 20 sentencing.

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