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Mexican drug kingpin El Mayo sentenced to life in prison

Top story · 3 sources · 14h ago

Mexican drug kingpin El Mayo sentenced to life in prison

Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, a Mexican drug lord who trafficked substances into the US for the Sinaloa cartel, has been jailed for life.

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Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, a Mexican drug lord who trafficked substances into the US for the Sinaloa cartel, has been jailed for life.

Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia was sentenced to life in prison for his role in running the violent Sinaloa cartel, ordering the murder of scores of people and importing massive amounts of cocaine, fentanyl and heroin into the US. Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, a Mexican drug lord who trafficked substances into the US for the Sinaloa cartel, has been jailed for life. Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada ordered torture and plotted murders as he Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán grew the Sinaloa cartel into the world's largest drug trafficking organization, prosecutors said.

Bloomberg reported the story as "El Mayo Gets Life in Jail Over Role in Drug Cartel, Murders." CBS News reported the story as "Infamous cartel boss "El Mayo" Zambada sentenced to life in U.S. prison." Sky News reported the story as "Mexican drug lord sentenced to life in prison."

3 sources have covered this story, including Sky News, CBS News and Bloomberg. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 14 hours ago.

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