{"id":154885,"date":"2026-07-20T15:40:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154885"},"modified":"2026-07-20T15:40:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:40:37","slug":"us-jails-mexican-drug-kingpin-el-mayo-for-lifeunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154885","title":{"rendered":"US jails Mexican drug kingpin \u2018El Mayo\u2019 for lifeUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostMexican drug kingpin Ismael \u201cEl Mayo\u201d Zambada was sentenced on Monday to life in prison in the US, after a plea \u200cdeal last year in which he admitted to shipping millions of kilograms of cocaine over decades as leader of the violent Sinaloa Cartel.<br \/>\nUS District Judge Brian Cogan handed down the sentence at a hearing in Brooklyn federal court. Zambada is one of the most high-profile Mexican drug traffickers to be sentenced in a US court since fellow \u2060Sinaloa leader Joaquin \u201cEl Chapo\u201d Guzman was&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3361256\/us-jails-mexican-drug-kingpin-el-mayo-life?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostMexican drug kingpin Ismael \u201cEl Mayo\u201d Zambada was sentenced on Monday to life in prison in the US, after a plea&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154885"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154885\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}