Lawyer indicates that if he exempt from death to Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the member of the Sinaloa Cartel would be willing to declare himself guilty through an agreement with US prosecutors.
The alleged Mexican drug trafficking bound is Reuters.
In September, Zambada declared himself innocent Before a Federal Court of New York of 17 charges of serious crimes, including drug trafficking, money laundering and possession of weapons. He is currently in a prison waiting for trial.
“Mr. Zambada does not want to go to trial and is willing to accept the responsibility of a position that does not imply the death penalty,” he told Reuters The lawyer Frank Pérez.
A spokesman for the federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, who presented the charges, refused to comment.
Zambada, who is over 70 years old, was put in American custody last July at an airfield in New Mexico along with one of the children of Guzmán, Joaquín Guzmán López, in a great blow to the application of US law.