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Zambada is now likely to stand trial in the same district where his alleged cartel co-founder, drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, was tried and convicted of 10 federal criminal charges in 2019, before was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the suspected co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel who was arrested in the US last month, will be transferred from El Paso, Texas, to Brooklyn, New York, to stand trial.
Zambada will move to Brooklyn, his attorney Frank Pérez told CNN, but did not elaborate on when. The 76-year-old is currently being held in custody despite pleading not guilty on July 26 to seven federal criminal charges, including running a criminal enterprise and money laundering.
Zambada is now likely to stand trial in the same district where his alleged cartel co-founder, drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, was tried and convicted of 10 federal criminal charges in 2019, before was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Several American judges had competed to be the first to prosecute Zambadan. Zambada has been indicted in New York, California, Texas, Illinois and Washington, DC, and some of those districts wanted to prosecute him.
The legal case comes after a plane carrying Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López, the 38-year-old son of "El Chapo," flew from Mexico to El Paso in late July, leading to their arrest.
They face several charges for running the criminal operations of what is considered to be one of the most powerful and deadly drug trafficking operations in the world.
US law enforcement officials initially told CNN that the arrests came after Guzmán López tricked Zambada and orchestrated their arrest.
However, Zambada's lawyer described the incident not as a hoax but as a violent kidnapping, saying he neither surrendered nor negotiated any terms with the US government. He said that the son of "El Chapo" was the one who organized his kidnapping and then handing him over to the US authorities.
"Joaquín Guzmán López forcibly kidnapped my client. He was ambushed, thrown to the ground, handcuffed by six men in military uniforms and Joaquín. His legs were bound and a black bag was placed over his head. He was then thrown into the back of a truck and taken to an airstrip. There, he was forced onto a plane, with his legs tied to the seat by Joaquín, and brought to the US against his will. The only people on the plane were the pilot, Joaquín and my client ," said the lawyer.
While Guzmán López - known as one of El Chapo's "Chapitos", or sons - has pleaded not guilty to narcotics, money laundering and firearms charges; he has not yet faced a kidnapping charge.
"He is not charged with kidnapping. When the government charges him, then I will consider it," said Guzmán López's lawyer, Jeffrey Lichtman.
Experts have warned that arresting suspected cartel bosses won't necessarily stem the flow of drugs into the United States or violence in Mexico — and could make it worse.
But the information that can be extracted from the US from these leaders, especially Zambada, could be relevant to the unrest it causes among the Mexican cartels, some experts have said. / Adapted "Pamphlet" from "CNN"
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