In Mexico's Culiacan, a city of 1 million residents, an elementary school principal starts each day checking for shootouts ...

Federal Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero told reporters Tuesday that Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada has asked Mexico for ...

The Mexican president denies that the drug lord’s message is a threat against her government and is considering room for ...

Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada is seeking a plea deal to avoid the death penalty, his lawyer confirms.

The Mexican government said it has already responded to a request by Zambada's lawyer, Frank Perez, "in a timely manner" ...

Zambada currently faces multiple charges in the U.S., including drug trafficking, organized crime, and money laundering.

Gertz noted that late last year the U.S. government confirmed it had received the Mexican government's extradition request for Zambada, the co-founder of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel along with ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Accused Mexican drug kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada is willing to plead guilty in a deal with prosecutors in the United States if the arrangement spares him from ...

Zambada, who is in his 70s, was taken into U.S. custody last July at a New Mexico airfield along with one of Guzman's sons, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, in a major coup for U.S. law enforcement.

MEXICO CITY - Accused Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada is willing to take a plea deal if it means prosecutors do not seek the death penalty, his lawyer told Reuters on Monday.