Alleged Mexican Drug Lord "El Mayo" Pleads Not Guilty To Drug Trafficking Charges In US Court
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New York has charged Zambada, who has also faced charges in Texas, with crimes including conspiracy to manufacture and internationally distribute drugs such as cocaine and fentanyl.
The accused Mexican kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges on Friday in the same New York courthouse where fellow Sinaloa cartel co-founder Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was convicted five years earlier.
Zambada entered the plea to the 17 felony counts he faces, which also include money laundering and weapons charges, at a hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge James Cho in Brooklyn.
Cho ordered that Zambada, 76, be jailed pending trial.
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