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Notorious drug cartel leader Ismael Zambada sentenced to life in US prison

Known as "El Mayo", the co-founder the Sinaloa Cartel was also ordered to pay $15bn after he admitted to sending vast amounts of drugs to the US.

Ismael Zambada, a prominent figure among Mexico's drug cartels, has received a life sentence in a US prison, a ruling handed down by a US judge two years after he was

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