El Mayo Zambada, Sinaloa Cartel Co-Founder, Sentenced to Life in Prison in the United States

Germany

STATE MEDIA

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US Judicial Angle · 3 of 5 countries

Berlin views the conviction of El Mayo Zambada as the symbolic end of an era for Mexican narcotics trafficking, while questioning the future of the Sinaloa cartel and the security cooperation between the German government's allies in Washington and Mexico.

Brazil

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National Crime Mirror · 1 of 5 countries

Brazil draws a parallel with its own criminal factions, the PCC and Comando Vermelho, as it observes the fall of the last historic godfather of Mexican narcotics trafficking.

France

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US Judicial Angle · 3 of 5 countries

Paris sees the conviction of El Mayo Zambada as the judicial epilogue to a family betrayal that rekindled the cartel war in Mexico

Mexico

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Mexican Territorial Focus · 1 of 5 countries

Mexico City separates the US sentence from its own responsibility, recalling that the capture of El Mayo Zambada was done without the knowledge of its authorities, and examines the fracture that has been open in the Sinaloa cartel for two years.

United Kingdom

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US Judicial Angle · 3 of 5 countries

London is questioning the unclear circumstances surrounding the capture of El Mayo Zambada as much as the severity of his sentence, between a touted judicial triumph and suspicions of a secret maneuver by US authorities.