Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada

El Mayo
U.S. Department of State reward poster of Ismael Zambada, issued September 2021
Born
Ismael Mario Zambada García

(1948-01-01) 1 January 1948 (age 76)[1]
Other namesMayo,[3] M-Z,[4] Padrino,[4] el Señor
Occupation(s)Co-founder and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel
PredecessorJoaquín Guzmán Loera
SpouseRosario Niebla Cardoza
Children
At least 8
  • * Vicente Zambada Niebla, alias "El Vicentillo"
  • * Ismael Zambada Imperial, alias "Mayito Gordo"
  • * Serafín Zambada Ortiz, alias "Sera"
  • * Ismael Zambada Sicairos, alias ""El Mayito Flaco"
  • * María Teresa Zambada Niebla
  • * Monica del Rosario Zambada Niebla
  • * Modesta Zambada Niebla
  • * Antonio Zambada
Reward amount
Mexico: 300 million Mexican pesos;
USA: US$15 million
Partner(s)Joaquín Guzmán Loera and Héctor Luis Palma Salazar

Ismael Mario Zambada García (born 1 January 1948)[1] is a Mexican drug lord, co-founder and current top leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, an international crime syndicate based in Sinaloa. Before he assumed leadership of the entire cartel, he allegedly served as the logistical coordinator for its Guzmán-Zambada organization, which has overseen the trafficking of cocaine and heroin into Chicago and other US cities by aircraft, narcosubs, container ships, go-fast boats, fishing vessels, buses, rail cars, tractor trailers, and automobiles.[5] As of early 2024, he has never been arrested or incarcerated and is the single last remaining fugitive of the List of Mexico's 37 most-wanted drug lords (2009).

  1. ^ a b "Narcotics Rewards Program: Ismael Zambada-Garcia". U.S. Department of State. 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  2. ^ Flores, Linaloe R. (20 February 2011). "Cuna de narcos se hunde en la miseria". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 December 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  3. ^ De la Luz González, María (19 March 2009). "Detienen al hijo de El Mayo Zambada". El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  4. ^ a b Scherer, Julio (4 April 2010). "El Mayo dice que Calderón perderá la guerra antinarco". El Informador (Mexico) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 April 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  5. ^ "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JESUS VICENTE ZAMBADA-NIEBLA" (PDF). United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. 11 October 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.

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