Known as Ismael Mario Zambada Garciaor “El Mayo” ZambadaHe was reportedly considering retiring from The Sinaloa Cartel. At the age of 76, his frail health had led him to delegate tasks to family members and close aides, according to information reported by journalist José Luis Montenegro.
in a text published in the media Independentjournalists point out that the version of A “Agreed Delivery” They are viable due to the deteriorating health condition the boss is currently facing, his ailments include diabetes, hypertension and arthritis; some others like Ismael Bojorquez claim he also has cancer.
According to Montenegro, a few weeks ago a member of the Zambada family specifically told him that in late July and/or early August Vicente Zambada Niebla, “El Vicentillo” And the son of “El Mayo”, he will travel to Las Vegas, Nevada to meet his father.
The intention was to achieve the reunion they had been seeking for years. He further stated that, while that meeting was taking place, “El Mayo” Zambada negotiated to surrender and even collaborate remotely with agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United States Department of Justice.
José Luis Montenegro explains that “El Mayo” was already tired of running the Sinaloa Cartel and was delegating tasks to other family members and close people. “He wants to rest, although sometimes he is a fool, and prefers to work on his own,” his source, presumably “El Mayo’s” own grandson, told him.
The same man told him that after the alleged surrender of his grandfather, within the faction he managed in the Sinaloa Cartel The struggle for control is already underway: “Everyone wants a piece of the pie, and my cousins want to take up arms, simply because they want a new lifestyle, that of narco-juniors,” he said.
According to what the source told the journalist, the reunion between father and son was hopeless because “El Vicentillo” was outside American territory, possibly in Europe, which complicated the process of seeing each other before the alleged meeting with the boss to the authorities.
Vicente Zambada Niebla, son of “El Mayo”, was born on March 20, 1975 CuliacánIn Sinaloa, “El Vicentillo” played a key role in the criminal organization, acting as a liaison between the cartel and other criminal groups, as well as coordinating large-scale drug smuggling into the United States.
He was arrested in March 2009 He was arrested by Mexican authorities and later extradited to the United States in 2010. As part of his trial, Zambada Niebla pleaded guilty and cooperated with US authorities, providing valuable information about the inner workings of the Sinaloa Cartel and other aspects of drug trafficking.
His cooperation led to a significant reduction in his sentence and in 2019 he was sentenced to 15 years in prison, reduced by the time he had already served due to his formal cooperation with US authorities. Vicente Zambada Niebla He was released in 2021.
The desire for a reunion between “El Vicentillo” and “El Mayo” has persisted for years, which was evident in the letter that Vicente wrote to Ismael Zambada, and which the journalist published. anabel hernandez In the book “The Traitor.
In the document, the son of the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel expresses his Christmas greetings to his father and assures him that he will remain steadfast despite being in prison.
The letter, written in an emotional tone, attempts to reassure “El Mayo” Zambada about his son’s condition after five years of imprisonment after being captured in Mexico City. “I hope you and everyone around you are well… Don’t worry about me, I’m fine for now…”, these are some of the lines that are read in the letter that has surfaced. It is speculated that the letter possibly never reached the hands of “El Mayo” and that its contents may have become known to the boss through the book published by the journalist.