'Mayo' Zambada seeks agreement to avoid death penalty

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Reuters

New York, United States (February 24, 2025) .-17:10 hrs

Sketch of Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada sitting next to his defense attorney Frank Perez, in a federal court in the Brooklyn district of New York, on September 13, 2024.

Sketch of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada sitting next to his defense attorney Frank Perez, in federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Sept. 13, 2024. Credit: AP

US prosecutors in the trial of Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada have not ruled out the possibility that the drug lord's son will testify against his father.

US prosecutors in the trial of Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada do not rule out the possibility that the drug lord's son will testify against his father. Credit: Editorial Archive

Mexican drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada is willing to plead guilty in a deal with U.S. prosecutors if it exempts him from facing the death penalty, his lawyer told Reuters on Monday.