A prominent Mexican drug lord nicknamed “El Mayo,” who was arrested in the United States, could be headed to New York City after prosecutors filed a request Thursday to move him from Texas.
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada is known as a top leader and co-founder of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel and faces charges in multiple U.S. locales. Zambada and one of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s sons were arrested last month after being flown into New Mexico. Zambada said he was kidnapped in his home country en route to what he thought was a meeting with a Mexican official.
Now, prosecutors in Texas are trying to move Zambada to the New York jurisdiction that includes Brooklyn, where the elder Guzmán was convicted in 2019 of drug and conspiracy charges and sentenced to life in prison.
If the prosecutors’ request is approved, the case against Zambada in Texas will proceed after the…
