"Mr. Zambada doesn't want to go to trial and is willing to accept responsibility for a charge that doesn't carry out the death penalty," said the drug lord's lawyer Frank Perez ...

"He's isolated but gets daily visits from his legal team to not lose his mind being all day," said Frank Perez ...

Accused Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada is willing to plead guilty in a deal with prosecutors in the United States if the arrangement spares him from the death penalty, his lawyer told ...

The Mexican government said it has already responded to a request by Zambada's lawyer, Frank Perez, "in a timely manner" ...

Zambada currently faces multiple charges in the U.S., including drug trafficking, organized crime, and money laundering.

Alejandro Gertz Manero said extradition process usually takes no more than 45 days, but there have been cases in which they have had to wait up to 12 years for a response.

Mexico’s president says her government is reviewing a petition by Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a longtime Sinaloa cartel leader jailed in the United States, to be returned to Mexico for trial.

Accused Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada is willing to take a plea deal if it means prosecutors do not seek the death penalty, his lawyer told Reuters on Monday. This would mean a change ...

Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada is seeking a plea deal to avoid the death penalty, his lawyer confirms.

A repatriation request from El Mayo Zambada and the fight against organized crime were discussed at President Sheinbaum's Friday presser.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican Attorney General Alejandro Gertz said Tuesday that the U.S. government has not yet responded to Mexico's request to extradite accused senior drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" ...

Drug trafficker Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada has asked Mexico to seek his repatriation, after facing the possibility of being sentenced to death in the US.