Zambada is the former top associate of the organization's kingpin founder, Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, who is also serving a life sentence.

Former Mexican drug kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada is set to be sentenced to life in prison in the U.S., a punishment guaranteed by his guilty plea last year to drug trafficking…

Sinaloa cartel co-founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada is set to receive a life sentence in the US, marking the end for Mexico's last old-school druglord.