Sheinbaum asks US to share drug lord’s riches with Mexico’s poor
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday said she would ask the United States to share the US$15 billion it expects to extract from convicted Mexican drug lord Ismael Zambada with her country’s poor.
Sinaloa drug cartel co-founder Zambada pleaded guilty in a New York court on Monday to murder and drug trafficking, particularly of fentanyl – a powerful narcotic responsible for tens of thousands of US overdose deaths annually.
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.
As part of the deal, Zambada, who had initially pleaded not guilty, agreed to forfeit US$15 billion in ill-gotten gains.
Addressing her regular morning press conference, Sheinbaum said: “If the United States government were to recover resources, then we…
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