El Mayo Zambada, a core Sinaloa Cartel leader, faces life in U.S. prison after a guilty plea to drug trafficking charges.
Ismael Zambada Garcia has received a life sentence in Brooklyn federal court for his role as a leader in the Sinaloa Cartel and for racketeering conspiracy and continuing criminal enterprise. The judge ordered life imprisonment without parole; prosecutors note the scale of his crimes and the cartel’s global reach.
The Louisiana Supreme Court has paused the case against Attorney General Jeff Murrill after finding procedural issues with the indictment. The special prosecutor has dismissed the case, and officials from New Orleans have urged the case's dismissal amid ongoing political tensions between state Republicans and city Democrats.