El Mayo Pleads Guilty in Brooklyn Court

Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada García formally pleads guilty in Brooklyn federal court to racketeering conspiracy and continuing criminal enterprise charges. He acknowledges the Sinaloa Cartel's cocaine procurement networks in Colombia, drug importation infrastructure into the United States, and the organization's decades-long criminal operations. The plea represents the formal legal conclusion of the career of one of the world's most powerful drug traffickers — a man who had never been arrested until July 2024.