This is how Mayo Zambada reappeared in the New York court; They release a new portrait of the drug trafficker
Three months after his last hearing in the Federal Court for the Eastern District of New York, Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada He reappeared on January 15, 2025 to face, for the second time, Judge Brian M. Cogan.
At exactly 9:00 a.m. ―central Mexico time―, Zambada García appeared in room A-10 south in the company of his main lawyer, Frank A. Perez.
According to a portrait done by judicial artist Jane Rosenberg for Reuters, the man of 77 years old appeared with the traditional uniform of prisoner khaki colorgrayer hair and completely shaved.
“Ismael Zambada arrived with a shaved beard and long, gray hair. with some black tintsas he was seen in his last hearing last year,” journalist Ángel Hernández (@AngelenHD) described through X, formerly Twitter.
According to the communicator, the co-founder of Sinaloa Cartel He entered the room limping, although journalist Jesús García described it as “a slow walk.”
“You look like a strong person.”the latter highlighted.
It should be noted that, at the hearing on October 18, Zambada García showed a notable improvement in his physical appearance; at least in comparison to the photographs and portraits that were taken after his arrest, on July 25, 2024.
According to testimonies from Mexican journalists who covered the second hearing of ‘El Mayo’ in Brooklyn, New York, the notorious drug trafficker showed that he was in better health, as he arrived at the venue no need for a wheelchair.
“He has dark hair that is more combed back, with a gray beard. Yes, he limps. At times he joked and smiled at his lawyers,” Hernández reported on that occasion.
“It seems that prison in the United States It hasn’t felt bad at all. It’s not a joke. He looks MUCH more recovered than in the photographs of his arrest or how he looked at the first charging hearing. Smiling at times even”, described journalist Arturo Ángel in turn.
In the brief curcio audience This Wednesday, the notorious drug trafficker asked Judge Cogan to keep Pérez as his main lawyer; this despite the fact that there is a conflict of interest Because you are also your child’s legal advocate, Vicenta Zambada Nieblaprotected witness from the country of stars and stripes.
For the first time since arriving in the United States, he spoke to read a short piece of writing.
“I understand that my attorney represents me and my son Vicente (Zambada Niebla) in the case presented in the USA. I don’t want to have a different lawyer, I want Frank Pérez to represent me. (…) I love him even if it represents a conflict that he represents me and my son,” he declared, according to Hernández.
His next hearing was scheduled for next April 22, 2025.
