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Ex-Mexican drug lord Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada denounces violence as he’s sentenced to life in prison
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· July 20, 2026
· 6 min read
By MICHAEL R. SISAK | Associated Press N EW YORK (AP) — 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 to grow the Sinaloa cartel into what prosecutors said was the world’...
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Key takeaway “No one wins in a war like this,” the 76-year-old Zambada said through a Spanish-language translator in Brooklyn federal court.
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Published: July 20, 2026 ·
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