Vicente Zambada Niebla
Vicente
Zambada Niebla | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 24 March 1975[3] |
| Other names | El Vicentillo;[4] Jesus Antonio Domínguez Lopez;[5] Miguel Angel Hernández Peña[5] |
| Occupation | Sinaloa Cartel drug lord |
| Employer | Sinaloa Cartel |
| Known for | Illegal drug trafficking |
| Parent | Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada (father) |
| Relatives | María Teresa Zambada Niebla and Midiam Patricia Zambada Niebla and Michael Collins [6] |
| Criminal penalty | 15 years in prison[1][2] |
| Notes | |
Extradited to the United States. Rewards: US$2 million offered by the Mexican Government, DEA is offering $5 million.[8] | |
Jesús Vicente Zambada Niebla
Charges and plea deal
Zambada was charged with trafficking more than a billion dollars' worth of
El Chapo", Joaquín Guzmán Loera, and agreed to forfeit assets of $1.37 billion to the US government. The plea bargain resulted in a fine of $4 million and 15 years in prison. He is considered a top potential witness against "El Chapo."[14][15][16]
On 8 November 2018, a plea agreement was filed in the
United States District Court for the District of Illinois in which Zambada pleaded guilty to working with El Chapo and others to illegally import thousands of kilos of cocaine into the United States. Zambada and others used private planes, submarines, and speedboats to smuggle drugs from Colombia to Mexico, and then into the United States. In return for Zambada's cooperation, the government recommended more lenient sentencing guidelines and that measures be taken to ensure his family's safety. These included having Zambada and his family be allowed to remain permanently in the United States.[17]
Relationships
Jesús Vicente Zambada Niebla is the son of
Ismael Zambada García
(alias, "El Mayo"), the top leader of the Sinaloa drug-trafficking organization.
Vicente Zambada Niebla is the subject of the book El Traidor by Anabel Hernández.[6]
See also
- List of Mexico's 37 most-wanted drug lords (2009)
- Mérida Initiative
- Mexican Drug War
References
- ^ "Vicente Zambada sentenciado a 15 años de prisión en Estados Unidos | Video" (in Spanish). CNN. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ EFE. "Condenan a Vicente Zambada, El Vicentillo, a 15 años de prisión en EU". El Sol de México. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ a b No tiene antecedentes penales. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ DEA officials deny they promised drug kingpin immunity. Natasha Korecki. 9 September 2011. Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional | Gobierno | gob.mx". Archived from the original on 21 December 2010.
- ^ a b Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos ataca red financiera de Ismael Zambada. NTRzacatecas.com. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ Mexico's most wanted traffickers, at $2 million. Associated Press. 23 March 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
- ISBN 0-615-14008-4.
- ^ Mexican druglord imprisoned in Chicago will be moved. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ NBC News
- ^ Mexican druglord unhappy with move from Chicago. Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine ABC News. 13 December 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ US Court Documents Claim Sinaloa “Cartel” Is Protected by US Government. Bill Conroy. Borderland Beat. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ Meisner, Jason (30 May 2019). "Witness against 'El Chapo' given 15 years in prison in Chicago for key role in trafficking cocaine, heroin for cartel". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019.
- ^ The New Yorker, 10 April 2014, "A Billion-Dollar "Narco Junior" Cuts a Deal"
- ^ BBC Two Program "This World:"Secrets of Mexico's Drug War", 11 March 2015
- ^ "Upset About a Controversial Narco Deal, Mexico Reaffirms It Will Not Extradite Drug Kingpin el Chapo Guzmán to the U.S". Forbes.
- ^ "Zambada Plea Deal" (PDF). 8 November 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.