Known as "El Mayo", the co-founder the Sinaloa Cartel was also ordered to pay $15bn after he admitted to sending vast amounts of drugs to the US. US judge hands life sentence to Ismael Zambada for leading one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels for decades. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Known as "El Mayo", the co-founder the Sinaloa Cartel was also ordered to pay $15bn after he admitted to sending vast amounts of drugs to the US.S1

• US judge hands life sentence to Ismael Zambada for leading one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels for decades. Mexican drug kingpin Ismael “El ⁠Mayo” Zambada has been sentenced to life in prison in the United States, after a plea deal last year in which he...S2

• Ismael Zambada García, better known as El Mayo, used an army of hit men and widespread political corruption to smuggle illegal drugs into the United States.S3