Ismael The May Zambada agreed to be transferred from El Paso, Texas to New York to face trial for alleged drug trafficking. This happened the day after a federal judge in The Step will deny federal prosecutors their request to have the historic founder of the Sinaloa Cartel be in the dock in the Court who presides Brian Cogan.
Yesterday, the judge Kathleen Cardone reported that “the accused has notified the Government that he does not wish to oppose his transfer to New York”.
Cardone requested this Wednesday – when he rejected the transfer request made by the Department of Justice – to the Court of the Eastern District of New York an order for the transfer of the former partner of Joaquin El Chapo Guzman; Zambada Garcia He refused the transfer in a letter dated August 23.
The request is based on the risk posed by moving the drug lord between New York and Texas so that he can appear for the trials he faces in each of the districts.
“As the alleged leader and founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, to which many cartel members remain loyal, and against which many rivals are motivated to commit violent acts of revenge, the movement and incarceration of the accused raises extraordinary security concerns,” the statement said. Prosecutor Jaime Esparza.
The accusation against Zambada in Brooklyn The indictment was updated in February with 17 charges of large-scale drug trafficking; trafficking in fentanyl, methamphetamines, marijuana, heroin; conspiracy to commit homicide; and directing a criminal organization.
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2024-09-09 20:55:07