US judge orders Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada jailed pending trial on drug trafficking, murder and other charges.
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a co-founder of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, has pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking, murder and other charges in a New York court, months after his dramatic arrest and transfer into United States custody.
Zambada entered the plea to the 17 felony counts he faces, which also include money laundering and weapons charges, at a hearing on Friday in Brooklyn, New York.
US Magistrate Judge James Cho ordered that Zambada, 76, be jailed pending trial.
Prosecutor Francisco Navarro called Zambada “one of the most, if not the most, powerful narcotics kingpins in the world”.
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