Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the powerful longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in New York on a 17-count indictment accusing him of narcotics trafficking and murder.

The leader of one of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels is set to be summoned to court by U.S. prosecutors today. Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada will be arraigned in New York, facing a sweeping 17-count indictment.

Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the powerful long-time leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, has pleaded not guilty on a 17-count indictment accusing him of narcotics trafficking and murder. Appearing in a New York court, Zambada did not speak except to give brief answers to a judge through a Spanish-language interpreter.

A federal judge says that a powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who was arrested over the summer in the U.S. can be transferred from Texas to New York to face charges there

BROOKLYN (CN) — Arrested after four decades of heading the Sinaloa cartel, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia pleaded not guilty in Brooklyn federal court for drug trafficking-related charges targeting one of the world’s most powerful drug cartel leaders.

The DEA has identified two Mexican drug cartels that are responsible for the fentanyl smuggled into the U.S., and is taking unprecedented action to target every aspect of the global supply chain.

Sinaloa Cartel cofounder Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges in a New York federal court Friday. The 76-year-old former drug lord appeared during a hearing in the same Brooklyn courthouse where his old partner,