Ismael “El Mayo” Zambadafounder and leader of Sinaloa Cartelwas formally indicted by a Grand Jury of the Brooklyn Federal Court, New Yorkto traffic fentanyla powerful synthetic opioid, to which USA.
The indictment, announced this Thursday, also includes 15 other charges related to drug traffickingmoney laundering, use of firearms and participation in an ongoing criminal enterprise.
Zambada73 years old, is considered one of the most powerful drug traffickers and elusive of the world, and is believed to continue directing the Sinaloa sign from the mountains from his home state.
Your son, Vicente Zambada Niebla, alias “El Vicentillo”, pleaded guilty to charges of drug trafficking in 2013 and was a key witness in the trial against Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmánwho was sentenced to life sentence in 2019.
According to the accusation, Zambada and his accomplices They sent tons of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and fentanyl to the United States from Mexicousing various methods of transportation, such as planes, trains, ships, submarines, tunnels and vehicles.
The The Prosecutor's Office alleges that the Sinaloa Cartel generated billions of dollars in illicit profits, which were laundered through companies and properties in Mexico and other countries.
Accused of trafficking fentanyl
He fentanyla substance that can be up to 50 times more powerful than heroinhas been identified as one of the main people responsible for the opioid crisis that affects USAwhere it is estimated that more than 93 thousand people died from drug overdoses in 2020, the highest number on record.
Fentanyl is often mixed with other drugssuch as cocaine or heroin, to increase its effect, but also its risk of causing a fatal overdose.
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