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This article was translated from RIODOCE
The US government formally charged Ismael El Mayo Zambada Garcia with “conspiring to manufacture and distribute“fentanyl“with the intent and knowledge that such substances would be illegally imported” into its territory.
According to a statement released by the US State Department, Zambada Garcia “was previously charged in multiple superseding indictments with directing a continuing criminal enterprise, as well as conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to manufacture and distribute cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl, as well as other drug-related crimes, through his ongoing activity” as a Sinaloa Cartel member.
Breon Peace, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; Anne Milgram, Administrator, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Ivan J. Arvelo, Acting Assistant Director for National Operations, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); David Sundberg, Assistant Director in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington Field Office (FBI); Edward A. Caban, Commissioner, New York City Police Department (NYPD); and Steven G. James, Superintendent, New York State Police (NYSP), announced the fifth superseding indictment.