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Prosecutors won't seek death penalty for drug kingpin Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada Garcia

Ismael Zambada Garcia was arrested last year in a bizarre and mysterious situation after he was brought to the U.S. in a ...

U.S. declines to pursue death penalty against trio of accused Mexican cartel kingpins

The U.S. attorney general directed prosecutors not to seek capital punishment against three reputed cartel leaders, including ...

US will not seek death penalty for alleged Mexican drug lords Caro Quintero, Zambada

The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it will not seek the death penalty for accused Mexican drug traffickers Rafael ...

U.S. prosecutors won't seek death penalty for Mexican drug lords Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero

U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday they won't seek the death penalty in their cases against Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael "El Mayo ...

U.S. Says It Will Not Seek Death Penalty Against 3 Drug Cartel Bosses

Foreign defendants are rarely sent to the United States if they might face death, and America’s use of capital punishment has been a significant point of friction with Mexico’s government.

No death penalty for ‘Narco of Narcos,’ other Mexican cartel bosses facing trial: DOJ

Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a trio of high-ranking Mexican cartel leaders facing trial in Brooklyn, including Rafael Caro Quintero, the so-called “Narco of Narcos” accused ...
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DOJ decides not to pursue death penalty against El Mayo

The Department of Justice submitted paperwork today informing the court that the Attorney General directed the DOJ not to pursue the death penalty against Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia. The notoriou ...