El Mayo, one of the founders of the Sinaloa cartel, is about to collaborate with American justice

This Monday. August 25, the Mexican government will have its eyes on an audience in the Federal el mayo, one founders sinaloa Court of Brooklyn, in New York: that of Ismael Zambada Garcia, alias “El Mayo”, Co -founder of the Sinaloa cartel with Joaquin Guzman, known as “El Chapo”. Faced with judge Brian Cogan. who condemned in 2019 “El Chapo” to life imprisonment, “El Mayo” is preparing to plead guilty to all or some of the twenty accusations against him, as announced by his lawyer, Franck Perez.

This guilt advocates suggests a possible collaboration between the drug trafficker. the American authorities, especially since El Mayo had pleaded “not guilty” in September 2024, during his first hearing. But since then. the American federal prosecution has promised not to require the death penalty, which strengthens the hypothesis of a collaboration agreement.

Aged 77 years old and in poor health, Ismael Zambada Garcia should end his life in detention. “But thanks to a collaboration agreement. he could stay in a prison el mayo, one founders sinaloa less strict than a high security structure”, Assures David Saucedo, independent expert, specialist in drug trafficking. El Chapo. reclusive in federal high security prison Adx Florence (State of Colorado) since 2019, has repeatedly denounced its conditions of incarceration, in particular the fact of being completely isolated from its fellow prisoners.

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