Legendary Sinaloa Cartel Leader El Mayo to Face Sentencing in Brooklyn

Ismael Zambada Garcia, known as "El Mayo," will be sentenced Monday in Brooklyn federal court after he spent much of his life as one of the most, if not the most, prolific and powerful drug traffickers in the world.

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Ismael Zambada Garcia, long regarded as one of the world’s most consequential and influential narcotics kingpins, will receive his sentence Monday in a Brooklyn federal courtroom. The cofounder of the Sinaloa Cartel built an empire spanning decades that made him among the most dangerous traffickers operating globally.

The high-profile sentencing concludes a significant prosecution of the longtime criminal leader, who maintained his position atop the organization for much of his adult life before facing federal justice in the United States.

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