Former Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was sentenced in a U.S. court on Monday to life in prison and called for an end to the brand of brutal violence he used for decades to grow the Sinaloa cartel into the world's largest drug trafficking organization.
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Former Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was sentenced in a U.S. court on Monday to life in prison and called for an end to the brand of brutal violence he used for decades to grow the Sinaloa cartel into the world's largest drug trafficking organization.
US judge hands life sentence to Ismael Zambada for leading one of Mexico's most violent drug cartels for decades. Former Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was sentenced in a U.S. court on Monday to life in prison and called for an end to the brand of brutal violence he used for decades to grow the Sinaloa cartel into the world's largest drug trafficking organization. Attorney Adam Amir said that over the course of three decades, Zambada employed torture and murder, including the killing of his own nephew, to flood the U.S. with cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine and other drugs.
Al Jazeera English reported the story as "Mexican drug lord Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada sentenced to life in US prison." Washington Times reported the story as "Ex-Mexican drug lord Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada denounces violence as he's sentenced to life in prison."
3 sources have covered this story, including Al Jazeera English, Washington Times and Just the News. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 13 hours ago.
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