MIAMI — Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia, 76, a notorious leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, was arraigned today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, on multiple charges related to international drug trafficking, firearms offenses, and money laundering. Zambada Garcia, a long-time leader of the cartel, is accused of overseeing a vast drug empire that has funneled billions of dollars in illegal narcotics, including fentanyl, into the United States.
The charges, which span decades of criminal activity, allege that Zambada Garcia conspired to manufacture and distribute fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine, while leading one of the most violent and powerful drug cartels in the world. Zambada Garcia was ordered detained pending trial following his transfer from the Western District of Texas to the Eastern District of New York, after his arrest in New Mexico on July 25.
“El Mayo, the co-founder and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, has been charged with overseeing a multi-billion-dollar conspiracy to flood American communities with narcotics, including deadly fentanyl,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “We allege that El Mayo built, and for decades led, the Sinaloa Cartel’s network of manufacturers, assassins, traffickers, and money launderers responsible for kidnapping and murdering people in both the United States and Mexico.”
“For decades, the Sinaloa Cartel has profited from poisoning and killing Americans, and fueling violence on both sides of our southern border,” said Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco. “Today’s arraignment of Zambada Garcia is the latest step in a whole-of-government effort to strike back against one of the world’s most dangerous criminal organizations and protect our communities from the fentanyl epidemic.”
Zambada Garcia’s role in the cartel included leading the trafficking of vast amounts of illicit drugs, as well as overseeing operations that caused significant violence in Mexico and the U.S. His co-leadership of the Sinaloa Cartel, alongside Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, made the organization one of the most prolific and dangerous in the world, according to federal authorities.
“Better known as ‘El Mayo,’ Zambada Garcia is the co-founder and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most ruthless and dangerous cartels in Mexico and responsible for the unprecedented drug crisis facing the United States,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. “With Zambada Garcia no longer in power, we have struck at the heart of the Sinaloa Cartel’s operations.”
Zambada Garcia’s indictment comes as part of a broader effort to dismantle the Sinaloa Cartel and combat the ongoing fentanyl crisis that has devastated communities across the United States. Federal agencies, including the FBI, DEA, and Homeland Security Investigations, were instrumental in Zambada Garcia’s capture and extradition.
Zambada Garcia now faces charges in the United States for his leadership role in the Sinaloa Cartel’s multi-billion-dollar criminal enterprise. If convicted, he faces a lengthy prison sentence for his involvement in the trafficking of deadly narcotics that have contributed to the loss of countless lives.
“Zambada Garcia’s day of reckoning in a U.S. courtroom has arrived, and justice will follow,” said U.S. Attorney Breon Peace for the Eastern District of New York.
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