Longtime drug cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has pleaded not guilty to U.S. narcotics trafficking charges.

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.

Roughly one year after being charged as a co-defendant in a multi-year, multi-state, federal dogfighting case, 63-year-old Frederick Moorefield Jr., from Arnold, pleaded guilty in federal court. Frida

The yearslong investigation revealed the man was running a dogfighting kennel known as "Geehad Kennels." BALTIMORE — A former Department of Defense official from Arnold, Maryland has pleaded guilty to charges related to running a dogfighting kennel.