Attorney General Pam Bondi Announces Sinaloa Cartel Co-Founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia Guilty Plea

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 25: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Attorney’s Office on August 25, 2025 in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. Attorney General Bondi announced the guilty plea of Sinaloa cartel co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia on federal crimes alongside other law enforcement officials including the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Joseph Nocella, Jr., Drug Enforcement Administrator Terrance C. Cole, Homeland Security Investigations Acting Executive Associate Director Derek W. Gordon, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Operations Director Chad Yarbrough. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)