In accepting life sentence, cartel boss ‘El Mayo’ urges young people not to follow his path

Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada García, a co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, was sentenced to life in prison in the U.S. and ordered to forfeit $15 billion in drug trafficking profits. Judge Brian Cogan cited the scale of drug distribution and murders linked to Zambada as justification for the sentence, while the U.S. Justice Department emphasized the conviction's role in dismantling the cartel.