{"id":44875,"date":"2025-08-28T22:24:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mexicos-president-asks-u-s-to-share-convicted-cartel-leaders-15-billion-with-her-countrys-poorest-people\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T22:24:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:24:53","slug":"mexicos-president-asks-u-s-to-share-convicted-cartel-leaders-15-billion-with-her-countrys-poorest-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mexicos-president-asks-u-s-to-share-convicted-cartel-leaders-15-billion-with-her-countrys-poorest-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico&#8217;s president asks U.S. to share convicted cartel leader&#8217;s $15 billion with her country&#8217;s poorest people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday said she would ask the United States to share the $15 billion it expects to extract from convicted Mexican drug lord Ismael &#8220;El Mayo&#8221; Zambada with her country&#8217;s poor.<\/p>\n<p>Sinaloa drug cartel co-founder Zambada <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/el-mayo-zambada-garcia-guilty-plea\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">pleaded guilty<\/a><\/span> in a New York court on Monday to murder and drug trafficking, particularly of fentanyl \u2014 a powerful narcotic responsible for tens of thousands of US overdose deaths annually.<\/p>\n<p>In pleading guilty, the 77-year-old avoided the possibility of the death penalty but still faces life imprisonment at a sentencing hearing due at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the deal, Zambada, who had initially pleaded not guilty, agreed to forfeit $15 billion in ill-gotten gains.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing her regular morning press conference, Sheinbaum said: &#8220;If the United States government were to recover resources, then we would be asking for them to be given to Mexico for the poorest people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zambada&#8217;s fall, which follows that of fellow Sinaloa cartel founder Joaquin <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/joaquin-el-chapo-guzman-miami-attorney-letter-approval\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;El Chapo&#8221;<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Guzman, already serving a life sentence in the United States, has led to speculation that the cartel&#8217;s days are numbered.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico&#8217;s Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch insisted Wednesday, however, that while some of the cartel&#8217;s factions were diminished the organization was far from finished.<\/p>\n<p>The cartel, which Washington has declared a terrorist group, is considered the biggest drug-trafficking organization in the world.<\/p>\n<p>It operates on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border.<\/p>\n<h2>Zambada led ruthless cartel<\/h2>\n<p>Sought by U.S. law enforcement for more than two decades, Zambada was taken into custody in July 2024 after arriving in a private plane at a Texas airport with Guzm\u00e1n&#8217;s son,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/el-chapo-son-wont-face-death-penalty-us-joaquin-guzman-lopez\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Joaqu\u00edn Guzm\u00e1n L\u00f3pez.<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sinaloa-drug-cartel-leader-ismael-el-mayo-zambada-letter-kidnapping\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Zambada has said he was kidnapped<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in Mexico and hauled to the U.S. by Guzm\u00e1n L\u00f3pez, whose lawyer denies those claims.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/28\/b74c0562-d4cb-4c32-bf52-2f55b307fa86\/thumbnail\/620x413\/efc9f0cf0fcd43a3a31ee990cd33b00b\/2025-08-25t151623z-804430881-rc2239ao1tqs-rtrmadp-3-usa-security-mexico-zambada.jpg#\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: Mexican papers report Texas arrest of drug lord 'El Mayo' and son of 'El Chapo', in Mexico City \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/28\/b74c0562-d4cb-4c32-bf52-2f55b307fa86\/thumbnail\/620x413\/efc9f0cf0fcd43a3a31ee990cd33b00b\/2025-08-25t151623z-804430881-rc2239ao1tqs-rtrmadp-3-usa-security-mexico-zambada.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/28\/b74c0562-d4cb-4c32-bf52-2f55b307fa86\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/c41373976f0c095c2a2f2ec8a31fc7ee\/2025-08-25t151623z-804430881-rc2239ao1tqs-rtrmadp-3-usa-security-mexico-zambada.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A newspaper seller arranges newspapers reporting the El Paso, Texas, U.S., arrest of Mexican drug lord Ismael &#8220;El Mayo&#8221; Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, &#8220;El Chapo&#8221; Guzman&#8217;s son, in Mexico City, Mexico July 26, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                GUSTAVO GRAF \/ REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to prosecutors, Zambada presided over a vast and violent operation, with an arsenal of military-grade weapons, a private security force akin to an army, and a corps of &#8220;sicarios,&#8221; or hitmen, who carried out assassinations, kidnappings and torture. Just months before his arrest, he ordered the murder of his own nephew, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 5, prosecutors said in a letter that Attorney General Pam Bondi had directed them\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/el-mayo-ismael-zambada-rafael-caro-quintero-no-death-penalty\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">not to pursue the death penalty<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for Zambada.<\/p>\n<p>Following the July arrests and Zambada&#8217;s allegations of kidnapping,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/culiacan-mexico-hundreds-dead-missing-cartel-fighting\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">horrific fighting erupted<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in Mexico between a cartel faction loyal to him and another tied to the &#8220;Chapitos,&#8221; Guzm\u00e1n&#8217;s sons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>U.S. prosecutors say the Chapitos are known to\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/el-chapo-sons-fed-rivals-to-tigers-corkscrews-electrocution-hot-chiles-torture-justice-department-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">torture their rivals<\/a><\/span>\u00a0while some of their victims were &#8220;fed dead or alive to tigers.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Mexico sent\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-sends-26-cartel-members-deal-trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">26 high-ranking cartel figures<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to the United States in the latest major deal with the Trump administration as American authorities ratchet up pressure on criminal networks smuggling drugs across the border.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- 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