Sinaloa Cartel chief Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada might face demise penalty as a result of Trump

Sinaloa Cartel leader Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada may face the death penalty, after the US government reinstated capital punishment in an order to initiate “total elimination of the Mexican cartels”.

Attorney General Pam Bondi is set to re-establish the death-penalty for cartel criminals, according to information from journalist Jesús Esquivel , in a publication by Proceso. Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, who co-founded the Sinaloa Cartel with notorious drug kingpin Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman is currently incarcerated after being arrested last summer.

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