Mexico City, July 20, 2026 (AFP) - Last of Mexico's narco old guard, 'El Mayo' faces life in jail

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Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, founding leader of the legendary Sinaloa cartel, will be sentenced in New York on Monday, a ruling expected to send Mexico's last old-school druglord to prison for life. After a journey from poor farmworker to one of the world's most powerful and wealthy criminal bosses, Zambada was arrested at a US airport in July 2024. He claims he was tricked by a cartel ally into boarding a plane that delivered him into the hands of......

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