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.