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Conflict● ElevatedJul 10 · Jul 10, 2026, 12:25 AM

Cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada says he’ll accept a life sentence, but asks for medical care

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Mexico News Daily

By pleading guilty early in the process and now indicating that he won't contest any sentence, El Mayo has saved authorities a spectacle of a trial but reduced the chances of new information emerging. The post Cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada says he’ll accept a life sentence, but asks for medical care appeared first on Mexico News Daily

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