Ismael Mario Zambada García, aka Mayo Zambada, is one of the most wanted drug lords in Mexico, whose net worth is estimated to be over $15 billion in 2024.
Mayo Zambada has been in the drug-supplying business for decades. Throughout his long-running career, he co-founded one of the biggest international drug trafficking and money laundering organizations, Sinaloa Cartel, based in Sinaloa, Mexico.
Mexican drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, founder of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel, has been arrested in El Paso, Texas. pic.twitter.com/s2QFVDoB7j
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The organization, also known as the Guzmán-Zambada Organization, the Federation, the Blood Alliance, and the Pacific Cartel, has been trafficking cocaine and heroin in various US cities, including Chicago.
It has become one of the most powerful and violent drug trafficking organizations in the world, and in 2016, Mayo Zambada got full command of the Sinaloa Cartel, making him an enduring and powerful drug lord in history.
The Mexican government has offered $15 Million to the public to get information about Mayo Zambada!
Even after supplying illegal substances around the world for decades, the government has failed several times to catch Mayo Zambada.
Further, Mayo Zambada was not alone in the business as his wife, sons, daughters, and in-law relatives; everyone had been supporting him and running their illegal organization as a family business.
🚨🇺🇸🇲🇽BREAKING: LEADER AND COFOUNDER OF THE INFAMOUS SINALOA DRUG CARTEL HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN FBI STING OPERATION🚨
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Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, is the current leader of the Sinaloa Cartel post El Chapo arrest has been detained during an undercover sting operation carried out by… pic.twitter.com/wynqf6Lrdt
Similarly, Mayo Zambada has been handling his business as the top leader and has become the most wanted criminal since 1998.
Therefore, the Mexican and US governments have offered cash prices to the public numerous times to obtain information regarding the Mayo Zambada.
Mexico’s attorney general’s office first put a $2.8 million USD reward on him and his five other leaders.
Similarly, in 2007, the American FBI featured Mayo Zambup as America’s Most Wanted and offered $5 million for information leading to his capture.
In 2011, sources claimed that Mayo Zambada had been traveling around Mexico doing business freely after having plastic surgery.
In 2016, US police arrested his business partner Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán, a Mexican former drug lord, in El Paso, Texas.
⚠️URGENTE: Após mais de 40 anos foragido, Mayo Zambada, um dos maiores narcotraficantes do mundo, decidiu se entregar as autoridades em um aeroporto privado em El Paso, nos EUA.
— BAÚ DO RIO OFC (@baudorio) July 25, 2024
Há informações que um dos filhos do El Chapo, vulgo "JGL", também se entregou junto com Mayo. pic.twitter.com/875F2EJupZ
After his partner’s arrest, he got full command of the business and became more dangerous and powerful than ever.
Therefore, the government raised the reward price to USD 15 million and 300 million Mexican pesos. Till 2024, he was the only remaining fugitive on the list of Mexico’s 37 most-wanted drug lords.
Additional Information
- Ismael Mario Zambada García, 76, was born on January 1, 1948, to Mexican descent parents in El Alamo, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. He is also famous for his other names, including Mayo Zambada, El Mayo, M-Z Padrino, and el Señor.
- According to the reports, he had at least eight children: four daughters, María Teresa, Midiam Patricia, Mónica del Rosario, and Modesta, and four sons whose only three names are available: Vicente Zambada Niebla, Serafín Zambada Ortiz, and Ismael Zambada Imperial.
- In 2018, police arrested Mario Zambada’s wife, Rosario Niebla Cardoza, and son, Serafín Zambada-Ortiz, but they got out later.
- US police finally arrested the Mayo Zambada on July 25, 2024, and reported to be in US custody.
- Before Mario Zambada, Pablo Escobar, the king of cocaine, was the most powerful and wealthiest criminal with over $30 billion net worth, which is now equivalent to over $75 billion.
