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| Born | Ismael Zambada-García January 1, 1948 Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Other names | El Mayo; El MZ, El Grande, El Padrino |
| Occupation | Illegal drug trafficker |
| Height | 5' 9" |
| Weight | 160 pounds |
| Known for | Drug lord |
| Partner | Joaquín Guzmán, Ignacio Coronel-Villareal |
| Children | Ismael "El Mayito", Vicente "El Niño", Midiam Patricia, Monica del Rosario, Modesta. |
Ismael Zambada García (born January 1, 1948), also known as El Mayo Zambada, is a Mexican drug lord heading the Sinaloa cartel, responsible for trafficking cocaine, marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine across the U.S.-Mexican border. Zambada is known to head the Sinaloa cartel in partnership with Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. A former farmer with extensive agricultural and botanical knowledge, Zambada has worked to increase his gang’s production of heroin while consolidating his position as a trafficker of Colombian cocaine. Zambada is one of Mexico's most enduring, powerful drug lords, has had plastic surgery and disguises himself to move throughout Mexico. Zambada has survived over thirty four years in the drug world in part because of his ability to forge alliances with other drug cartels and bribery of law enforcement officials.
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History
During 2001 the President Vicente Fox administration launched an offensive against Mexico’s drug trafficking networks. The Arellano Felix Organization (Tijuana Cartel), the largest and most sophisticated of the Mexican cartels at the time, received the brunt of the blows. Taking advantage of the pressure being placed on the Tijuana Cartel, rival drug bosses, most notably Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada García from the Sinaloa Cartel, began to encroach on strongholds in northwestern Mexico. By the spring of 2001, Zambada was embroiled in a full-scale gang war with the Tijuana Cartel.
Known as an accomplished alliance builder, Zambada has historically worked closely with the Juárez Cartel and the Carillo Fuentes family, while maintaining independent ties to Colombian cocaine suppliers.[3] Zambada has been wanted by Mexico’s attorney general’s office since 1998, when it issued bounties totaling $2.8 million USD on him and five other leaders of the Juárez Cartel. Lately, Zambada has been working in partnership with the Sinaloa Cartel's leader Joaquín Guzmán, a.k.a.: El Chapo.
Narcotraffic
The Zambada García's organization, the Sinaloa Cartel, receives multi-ton quantities of cocaine, mostly via maritime means from Colombian sources. After receipt of the cocaine, the Sinaloa cartel uses a variety of methods, including airplanes, trucks, cars, boats, and tunnels to transport the cocaine to the United States. Members of the cartel smuggle the cocaine to distribution cells in Arizona, California, Chicago, and New York.[1]
Currently, Zambada operates primarily in the States of Sinaloa and Nayarit, but exerts influence along a large portion of Mexico’s Pacific coast, as well as in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Sonora, Monterrey and Nuevo Leon.
On October 20, 2008, some of his relatives were arrested in Mexico City on drug trafficking charges: Ismael's brother, Jesus "The King" Zambada, along with Ismael's son and nephew.[4] His son, Ismael "El Mayito" Zambada Jr. is currently being sought for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance in the United States. Zambada has been featured on America's Most Wanted,[5] and the FBI is offering up to $5 million USD for information leading to his capture.[1]
Financial network
His wife Rosario Niebla Cardoza, brother Jesus, sons Vicente, Serafin, and Ismael, as well as his four daughters, Maria Teresa, Midiam Patricia, Monica del Rosario and Modesta play an active role on narcotics' distribution and money laundering.[6]
Ismael Zambada relies on currency shipments to move drug proceeds across the United States-Mexico border.
See also
- Mexican drug war
- Juarez Cartel
- Sinaloa Cartel
- Gulf Cartel
- Tijuana Cartel
- Drug lord
- Mérida Initiative
References
- ^ a b c "Reward - Ismael Zambada Darcia". DOS - Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. http://www.state.gov/p/inl/narc/rewards/39415.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
- ^ "Mexico's most wanted traffickers, at $2 million". Associated Press. March 23, 2009. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hEF2DTDXyyzoKSxZMlHivEQ3JhGgD973UF7G0. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
- ^ Miró, Ramón J. (February 2003), "ORGANIZED CRIME AND TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN MEXICO, 1999-2002", in Curtis, Glenn E., Criminal and Terrorist Activity in Mexico, USA: Federal Research Division - Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/pdf-files/OrgCrime_Mexico.pdf, retrieved 2008-11-03
- ^ CNN News: Top drug cartel suspect arrested in Mexico
- ^ "Portrait Of A Mexican Drug Lord". CBS News. October 24, 2003. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/24/world/main579960.shtml.
- ^ Zambada García financial network
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