A high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel was extradited from Mexico to El Paso, indicted for criminal charges related to his alleged federal racketeering, na

"Mr. Zambada doesn't want to go to trial and is willing to accept responsibility for a charge that doesn't carry out the death penalty," said the drug lord's lawyer Frank Perez

Zambada currently faces multiple charges in the U.S., including drug trafficking, organized crime, and money laundering.

Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum is reportedly reviewing a petition by Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada to be returned to Mexico for trial. Zambada, a notorious former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, is currently incarcerated in the US.

Accused Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada is willing to plead guilty in a deal with prosecutors in the United States if the arrangement spares him from the death penalty, his lawyer told Reuters on Monday.

A high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel was extradited from Mexico to El Paso, indicted for criminal charges related to his alleged federal racketeering, narcotics, money laundering, firearms, and continuing criminal enterprise offenses.

The Mexican government said it has already responded to a request by Zambada's lawyer, Frank Perez, "in a timely manner"

Accused Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada is willing to take a plea deal if it means prosecutors do not seek the death penalty, his lawyer told Reuters on Monday. This would mean a change in Zambada's position after the 76 year-old pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges back in September in a New York courthouse.