Top Mexican cartel leader 'El Mayo' to stand trial in New York

Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia, the Mexican drug lord who was taken into custody by federal agents last month, will stand trial in Brooklyn, New York, according to CNN.

Zambada’s transfer to Brooklyn from El Paso, Texas, means the alleged top Sinaloa Cartel leader will likely be tried in the same federal courthouse as Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera, the cartel’s other co-founder, who is serving a life sentence in prison after being convicted in 2019 on drug conspiracy charges.