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El Mayo Zambada Sentenced to Life in U.S. Prison, Ordered to Forfeit $15 Billion

Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the longtime co-founder and former leader of Mexico's notorious Sinaloa cartel, has been sentenced to life in federal prison without the possibility of parole, bringing one of the most consequential U.S. prosecutions against a cartel boss to a close.

Latin Times

Mexican drug lord ‘El Mayo’ sentenced to life in prison in US federal court

Case against Ismael Zambada García, who helped co-found and lead the violent Sinaloa cartel, unfolded in New York

The Guardian - US

Mexican drug kingpin Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada to be sentenced in US to life in prison

Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada faces sentencing Monday for his role in the Sinaloa Cartel. He admitted to shipping millions of kilograms of cocaine over decades as a cartel leader. Zambada agreed to a plea deal last year, avoiding the death penalty. He was arrested in July 2024…

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'El Mayo' Zambada Asks to Avoid El Chapo's Supermax and Serve His Life Sentence in a Prison Hospital

Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the co-founder of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, has told a U.S. federal court he won't fight the life sentence he is about to receive, but he would rather not spend his final years in the same "supermax" prison that holds his old partner, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.

Latin Times

El Chapo Resurfaces with a Desperate Letter in English from Supermax Prison

Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán has made himself heard again from inside the United State's most restrictive federal prison, this time with a handwritten letter in English that pleads for "fairness" and claims his constitutional rights have been violated.

International Business Times

FULL- TEXT - El Chapo Resurfaces with a Desperate Letter in English from Supermax Prison

Latin Times

'El Chapo' Guzman Allegedly Complains About Isolation In Prison, Lack Of Access To His Lawyer: 'Psychological Torment'

Drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman sent a letter from prison complaining about lack of access to his lawyer and isolation in the Colorado prison he's held in

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'El Chapo' Ditches Legal Team and Takes on Own Defense Despite Not Speaking English; Claims Lawyers Were 'Inefficient'

Facing a lifetime behind bars, the drug lord is seeking to overturn his conviction and make his time in prison more bearable.

Latin Times

Second Amendment Roundup: Supreme Court Grants Cert in Mexico v. Smith & Wesson

A cartel-dominated state blames America’s lawful gun industry for its violence.

Reason

'El Chapo' Submits Letter Asking Judge for New Trial Alleging his Lawyers were 'Ineffective'

He also contends that he should have been tried in Texas or California, rather than New York, and that harsh pre-trial restrictions compromised a proper defense

Latin Times

Mexican cartel leader 'El Mayo' Zambada makes court appearance in his US drug trafficking case

A longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel who is facing drug trafficking charges in a U.S. court appeared for the first time before the judge presiding over the case

The Independent UK

'El Mayo' Zambada set to appear before a NYC court after receiving death threats in Texas

The audience is expected to be presided over by Judge Brian Cogan, who was El Chapo's judge

Latin Times

Former Mexican security chief convicted of drug trafficking will stay behind bars as judge rejects plea

Genaro García Luna's defense had alleged there was a plot among inmates to falsely testify against him

Latin Times

Judge says Mexican ex-official tried to bribe inmates in a bid for new US drug trial

A judge says a former high-ranking Mexican official who was convicted in a U.S. drug case tried to bribe fellow inmates into making false statements to support his bid for a new trial

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El Chapo’s appeal rejected and he will remain at ‘Alcatraz of Rockies’

The former drug lord is currently serving a life sentence in Colorado

The Independent UK

Lawyer gets 15 months behind bars for firebombing police car

A New York City attorney has been sentenced to 15 months behind bars for firebombing an empty New York City police vehicle with another lawyer during protests over the murder of George Floyd

Tribune News Service

Judge in Tom Barrack trial may toss part of foreign-agent case before jury gets it

NEW YORK — The judge overseeing the trial of Tom Barrack and his assistant on charges they acted as unregistered foreign agents said he may dismiss some of the counts against them before the case goes to the jury this week.

Tribune News Service

Ex-Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to be called as witness at Tom Barrack trial

NEW YORK — Former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is expected to be called to testify as a defense witness in the trial of Colony Capital LLC founder Tom Barrack on charges of acting as an agent of the United Arab Emirates, a prosecutor said.

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NYC judge will allow people with ‘some dislike’ of Trump on jury at trial of former president’s pal

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn judge will allow people who have “some dislike” of former President Donald Trump to serve as jurors at the upcoming trial of his former associate Thomas Barrack, according to a ruling released Friday.

Daily Mirror

Prostitute jailed as four clients die after she spiked them with date rape drug

Sex worker Angela Bairini, 43, of Queens, New York had a history of using substances to incapacitate clients - including one incident in 2019 when she robbed three men after serving them fentanyl-laced drugs

The Guardian - US

Little compassion for US inmates with organized crime ties seeking release

In spite of advanced disease and the threat of Covid, judges’ mercy tends to stop short of aging dons and gangsters

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