He United States Department of Justice has redoubled its efforts to ensure that Ishmael The May Zambadaco-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, is court in New Yorkin response to the application from the Mexican so that be tried in Texaswhere he remains detained.
The May Zambada76, is currently in jail in the border city of El Paso, Texas and has already had two court hearings. On Friday He asked the judge Federal Kathleen Cardone that allows him to face trial in that state.
The Mexican bosswho had been a fugitive for almost 50 years in Mexico until his arrest on July 25 at an airport in New Mexico He was one of the most wanted criminals in the United States.with a reward of 15 million dollars, faces four charges in New York, Texas, Illinois and California.
Why does El Mayo want to be tried in Texas?
The El Mayo Zambada’s lawyers argued that move it to New York to face charges in that jurisdiction first would violate your right to a speedy trial in Texas.
In addition, in the motion the Mexican’s defenders claim that the The US Department of Justice has not explained why the appearance in New York should have priority on court proceedings in Texas.
In response, the US Department of Justice prosecutors filed a motion with the court on Monday alleging that El Mayo “has not offered any plausible basis” to avoid appearing in federal court in New York and that They are not obliged to argue which process should be followed first. when there are numerous to choose from.
El Mayo’s NY indictment is the only one that mentions fentanyl
The indictment in New York It was updated in February of this year and It is the only one that mentions fentanyl trafficking.the powerful synthetic opioid that has generated a serious crisis of overdose deaths in the United States and has become the center of the country’s anti-drug policy.
In the Eastern District of New York your partner Joaquin El Chapo Guzman was sentenced to life imprisonmentOne of his sons, Joaquín Guzmán López, was arrested along with El Mayo, and has been accused of tricking the drug lord into handing him over to the US.
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The US Department of Justice then stressed that Both “face multiple charges in the United States for leading the Cartel’s criminal operationsincluding its lethal drug manufacturing and trafficking networks fentanyl”.