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Friday, August 7, 2020

Meet World’s Most Wanted fugitive Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada – Mexican king pin who can’t be traced

Mica Borderland Beat   Radio Times

Meet World’s Most Wanted fugitive Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada –Mexican king pin who can’t be traced. 

Mexican drug pin Zambada is the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, one of the most powerful drug trafficking organizations.

Five of the world’s most dangerous criminals will be explored in new Netflix documentary, World’s Most Wanted.

The docuseries examines how five of the world’s most threatening offenders have remained at large – sometimes for more than 25 years – and why cops want to put them behind bars for good.

Mexican drug pin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada is one of the five fugitives mentioned in the series.

So what exactly did he do? Here’s everything you need to know about the drug lord, who hasn’t been seen in years.

Who is Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada?

Mexican drug pin Zambada is the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, one of the world’s most powerful drug trafficking organizations.

Zambada, 72, worked with two other big players in the Sinaloa Cartel (Joaquín Guzmán Loera and Juan José Esparragoza Moreno), but after the former was arrested and with the latter supposedly dead, Zambada is now thought to be the leader.

After the crumbling of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s, those involved in the crime network split into two groups.

Zambada was on the Sinaloa side of the split, which grew in terms of influence, power, and money in the 1990s.

By the 2000s he had established his reputation, which according to his wife came with lots of “war”.

Before he assumed leadership of the entire cartel, he served as the logistical coordinator for its Zambada-García faction, which has overseen the trafficking of cocaine and heroin into Chicago and other US cities by train, ship, jet, or narco-submarine.

It’s thought that his old age and diabetes could mean his position within the cartel will soon be affected.

What is he accused of?

Zambada is accused of being a major stakeholder in the international trafficking of high-class drugs.

The State Department reported: “In the late 1990s, Zambada-Garcia emerged as one of the strongest drug traffickers in Mexico, capable of transporting multi-ton quantities of cocaine and marijuana and multi-kilogram quantities of heroin.”

He is thought to traffic drugs to Arizona, California, Chicago, and New York, with an $11 Billion earning a year according to Bloomberg.

Where is he now?

In 2003, the FBI indicated him for a range of crimes, but he wasn’t caught.

Zambada has managed to keep a low profile and hasn’t been seen in years. Insider reported that he is possibly hidden in the mountains of Mexico’s Sinaloa region.

He strangely interviewed with Proceso in 2010, in which he confessed he’d consider suicide to avoid jail time, saying: “I don’t know if I’d have the courage to kill myself. I’d like to think so, that I’d kill myself.”

The World’s Most Wanted is available to stream on Netflix from August 5th.


123 comments:

  1. El Señor 100% con los Chapitos. Aqui rifa El MZ.
    Puro CDS.

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    1. Oi nomás. Si ya se andan peleando wey.

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    2. 🐀 ZAMBADA VINCENTE is a bitch and His Dad the biggest 🐀 in the world

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    3. @7:36 I think he is just playing his position, a position that Escobar never could or never wanted to achieve; to work hand in hand with the U.S. government.

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    4. Keyboard gangster even thought they are rats you would never say some greaseee shit like that to there face internet keyboard gangster

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  2. The series on Netflix is so inaccurate and full of misinformation anf they didnt tell us something we didn’t already know. The scene with the sicarios seemed fake to me and looked like a production lol

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    1. I agree, I watch the El Chapo series on Netflix and they got a lot of basic facts wrong.

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    2. I thought the same thing too and it talked more about his son then him. At the end the admit they ain't looking for him so🤷🏾‍♀️

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    3. They shouldve consulted with the experts in these comments

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    4. The Godfather movies condense Many years of True Crime by many organizations and too many gángsters into about 6 hours worth of movies, but Bloombergh accuses el mayo of introducing 11 billion dollars worth of "high class" drugs into the US,
      (220 billion in tweenty years)
      As if he had the monopoly on the money, but nobody can find him or his billions...
      --some have said "mexicans' drug trafficking brings about 500 billion dollars a years into Mexico", but nobody can find them either.
      I hope russian criminal Simeon Mogilevich head of the Red Mafiya can be found on this criminal list, and Simeone can explain how did he got off the FBI's 10 most wanted poster, specially without having died or been captured, the only two ways people get out of there.

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    5. 3:33 the funny thing is that the sicarios are suppost to be his body guards!!!! The body guards of the most well taken care of narco!!! The one that no one can pin point but they are giving interviews to an unknown source when they know thats how chapo got caught? If mayo was so smart he would of never ever ever let his body guards give interviews to no one!!!! As a matter of fact in the usa wgen a dealer gives an interview his voice is distorted but in the interview with the head chief of sicarios of mayo you can hear his voice so clear that if you ever hear him talk in public with out a mask you can tell its him! Im also calling this bull shit!

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  3. Animo al Señor del Sombrero. Compadre del Señor Chapo.

    El terror de los de Jalisco.


    New people 006

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    1. I like the way you only mention Jalisco it shows who’s really having nightmares and can’t sleep at night. El cartel del terror ain’t no joke.

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    2. Las 4 Letras del terror siempre los acompañan cuando duermen jajaja

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    3. Jalisco did kidnap los chapitos in 2016.

      Where were the special tier 1 operational amphibious assault sparta, bodyguards then?


      😂

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    4. You guys on this site root for cartel like you rooting for a soccer team pretty
      Pathetic on your parts

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    5. 5:14 and you still read the comments?🤷🏽

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    6. 10:16 there is a saying "if it doesnt apply,let it fly...Sounds like you took what 5:14 said personal.Are you one of the guys hes talking about? Ctfu

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  4. Thanks. "Can't be traced" More like his info and bribes are still useful.

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  5. Didn't he also work with the Juarez cartel under el señor de los cielos?

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    1. 6:16 El Mayo was ordered to bring in the head of "ese cabrón", but he chose to stick with El Chapo Guzman, the reason was the abduction murder of "el niño de oro", rafael carrillo fuentes? AMADO had something to answer for, maybe the Colombians really had him penetrated and had the CDS become the chosen ones, by orders of Álvaro Uribe Velez to CDS accomplice FECAL, BOTH NOW IN PROBLEMS WITH THE LAW for Mass murdering and forr working with criminals, uribe for being one TOP BOSS...

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  6. Cut the head of the snake will only produce more heads

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    1. Yea thats why they shouldnt go after menncho cause his people are crazy, it would be a cdg vs z in steroids

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    2. The snakes become smaller and smaller until they do not even have a home to carry on their backs, and become slimmy worms.

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  7. The series is available now just watched it

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  8. I'm sure that if a few people are tortured here and there they would be able to capture Zambada. That is what they had to do to find Lazcano. The thing is CDS is hardcore backed by both the U.S. and Mexican governments so this will unlikely happen.

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    1. ✖️ could get to him Just like you said ? Torturing the Culiacan Bitches who protecting him

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    2. The USA listens to his calls.

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    3. 7:38. You know that is what the U.S. govenement encourages if not downright does in foreign countries to capture people it wants. The movie Sicario although exaggerated at times is all about this.

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  9. They HAVEN'T caught HIM BECAUSE they are NOT looking for him.
    HE IS a GOVERNMENT informant who has had the green light from DEA to transport DRUGS.
    Either WAY he's a SMART old man with like 3 WOMEN living in the SAME home with EACH having THEIR kids..
    His MONEY is good and AS long as HE pays THE right PEOPLE he will continue to STAY out of the U.S prison SYSTEM unlike flashy CHAPO

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    1. OK Sherlock YOU can go back to SLEEP NOW!

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    2. If what you are saying is true, there is no need to type CAPS and overemphasize... seems like you’re trying to compensate for something.. perhaps the truth? Lol

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    3. Maybe the gov'ts of MX and US aren't searching for him cuz they figure being holed up with 3 chicks is more punishment than they can ever muster! Hahaa

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    4. 1:24 you are correct..the smaller the font and using lower case letters is ALWAYS a indication of the truth. Hahaha

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  10. So ten yrs ago at 62 he talked to Someone Somewhere
    at 72 I hope he has vision of the dead he murdered and that his afterlife is haunted by all the babys and children crying screaming
    consantly all of the ghosts haunt him Give him NO peace ever
    live in fire and hell forever

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    1. All El Mayo has to do is confess And he will be forgiven...
      I do not know if he has to repent too.

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  11. El Mayo is a low profile OG.

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    1. He’s a CIA operative, and knows the art of being elusive, which is the agencies bread and butter.

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  12. Personaje como El Mayo solamente nos queda quitarnos el sombrero...

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    1. Y mamarsela o que? Pinche lambe huevos te da de comer o que? Este cobarde es una rata y sus hijos también

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    2. 3:36 hazle lo que quieras Gilbertona, ya qué...
      Es lo que quieres cuando andas ahí de caliente, callejera!

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    3. 9:52 hajajaha asi estan todos los chinolas cuando escuchan el mayo! Andan como la gilbertona

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  13. Probably living in a cave in the mountains and may have to kill himself rather than surrender! It must be great being a multi millionaire narco leader!

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    1. @9:54 bullshit. The narcos make no billions. Its all government propaganda (US n Mex) to hide the fact that the narcos pay billions in bribes!

      Escobar admitted 30 years ago! that he paid $70million in bribes per MONTH! Today all the cartels together easily pay $700million in bribes per months.

      The government officials have the narcos by the balls and squeeze them hard. Why the fuck don't you think details about bribes are (almost) never brought allowed to be included in trials and plea deals, huh???

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    2. He's not in any cave. Even Osama Bin Laden had to live in a house. Obviously, he moves house to house to keep them off his trail. The Triagulo Dorado is vast, so there's plenty of room to hide.

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    3. 12:17 Are you nuts lol do you know what 700 million per month looks like you completely don't know about money hahaha. They dont pay 700 mil per month you are out of your mind, thats too much money even osama wouldnt pay that much

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    4. 12:17 He a multi billion dollar narco. No one said he pays that in bribes. If someone is paying you brides you're not gonna go to court and admit that you'll never see that in court What's wrong with you. You're bs!!

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    5. Do your homework 12:17 el Señor is a Billionaire.

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    6. 12:17
      And your evidence is?

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    7. "Come on man...." guess who?
      comment threads are conjecture my friend, unless stated otherwise, see the word "probably"?
      that is the tip off

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    8. Chivis i dont what happens but most of the time your english is very confusing lol and i seem to understand your articles very well but cant understand your comments

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  14. I watched last night and thought this was old news because I follow BB and Chivis already put me on. 😀 once again, always ahead of the news, thank you Chivis!

    La Negra

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    1. The biggest rat lives in the biggest sewage! Just my 2 cents

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    2. I mean his son and brother are the ones singing, El Mayo has yet to sing! and at his stature he wouldn't live to tell. So calling him a rat is bullshit cause he has done the work and yet to be captured.. far from a rat.

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    3. @9:12 They have sang on Chapo though. The Zambada clan seems to have decided to go against Guzmanes since some time ago.

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    4. Chapo sang on himself dumbass. The US govt didn’t need Zambadas for nothing just listen to all those recordings of Chapo talking on the phone and then mas puto w/ Sean Penn. Los Chapitos would have retaliated by now if they really did snitch on Chapo don’t you think?

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    5. @1:54 The war has started or are you blind. Chapo was getting uncomfortable for the CDS alliane with all the wars Chapo was creating, this is all planned by Zambada since the Calderón days it seems. That's why he sent Vicentillo to meet DEA and get arrested, to keep him safe from ALL the war that was coming (and hasn't ended).

      You should be more polite bro, calling people dumbass while not even living here in Mexico (easy to tell) in narco related topics makes you seem like a real retard.

      I have to say though, Chapo might have agreed on Zambadas doing that at the time but it actually seems that Chapitos didn't take it kindly. Culiacán and Sonora events let you understand what's going on.

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    6. You should be polite bro, calling people retards. No I am not blind. In narco related topics, I see the deadliest year (easy to tell) for Mexico caused by these stupid proxy wars such as Culiacan and Sonora. And the killings are only going up. So yeah.

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    7. @6:32 Sonora and Culiacán war = Chapitos war in case you didn't understand the point.

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    8. Sonora and Culiacan war = more killings in case you didn’t understand the point.

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    9. @9:19 sounds like you hug the nuts of the Chapitos and good for you

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    10. @6:37 I actually think the Chapitos end is coming, but comprehension doesn't seem to be one of your strongest areas.

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    11. I understand the war in CLN and Sonora is going on now with the Chapitos but it has nothing to do with the Zambadas ratting Chapo out. He was getting life with or without Vicentillo, that’s where my problem with your comment was. MZ has been the only loyal one to Chapo for over 30 years. Vincentillo even said so when he testified, Chapo wasn’t his enemy and he testified, but his testimony didn’t add anything to Chapo’s sentence. Did he give up info? Yes. Money? Yes. But any knowledge he had about Chapo was thrown out the window when he escaped from Atiplano. I honestly can’t remember El Rey Zambadas testimony so I may or may not be totally wrong about that. If the Chapitos have any hard feelings towards Mayo after all these years, for whatever reasons, then this is their time to let it all out if they want.

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  16. El Jefe. Puras acciones nada de verbo.

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  17. He looks like boxer/trainer Robert Garcia in that picture.

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  18. Yeah. Freedom. Something the scumbag does not and never will enjoy again. Osama could tell you about this but the bullet in his brain sorta squelched the opportunity.

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    1. He most likely lives more free than you think. By keeping such a low profile, and establishing legit businesses, he is protected by the Mexican Elite. Which means, unless he does something really dumb (highly unlikely) he will be fine until he dies.....if he hasn't already. This doc, will now make him even more famous, though, so someone may try to get in on the bounty. JMO

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    2. @ElGrandeRojo, I don't think so if it's true he pretends to not walk and use a wheelchair in disguise, sometimes dressed as an old lady to avoid detection.

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  19. Y pasan pasan los años, y El MZ ordenando.

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  20. Look at it this way, 50 years giving orders. 10 years ago mencho was still a mule

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    1. That is true! But to get to the status that mayo got in lets say 40 years mencho only took 10 years! Thats why mencho is such a nucense to all the haters, but theres an old saying that goes lo que rapido sube rapido baja! I guess we will find out if mencho gets caught or killed in the next few years

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    2. @9:08 Mencho is not in Mayo's level, that's why Dámaso said that el de la M "está en otro nivel".

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    3. Look who has gone down in the last 10 years pendejo. Lazcano Barbie Z40 Tuta Chapo Chayo Vicente Carillo Inge el Coss Tony Tormenta Valencia bros Damaso Nacho Coronel el Aguila Z42 Héctor Beltran Dr. Mireles “Azul” Macho Prieto and those are just off the top of my head. I give Mencho credit for strategically advancing himself to the top while others are getting caught and organizations breaking up. Mayo’s 40 years include Felix Gallardo Amado Carillo Fuentes Chapo Los Arellanos RCQ Azul Héctor Palma Nacho Coronel Los Beltran Levy’s Don Neto Pablo Acosta Osiel J. N Guerra J. Garcia Abrego and maybe a few more. I’ll take Mayo’s 40 year reign with all those heavy hitters compared to Mencho’s swift rise.

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    4. @1:41 Así es pero los CJNG están enfermitos en la cabeza.

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    5. 1:41 no seas mamon cuando esos gueyes estavan de narcos el mencho todavia no nacia! La diferiencia es que ninguno de los que dijiste an suvido tanto como el mencho en tampoco tiempo! Hate him or love he has been the most impresive capo until now! Thats why hes the center of a combersation that shoukdnt be happening! Just think about how old is mayo and how old is mencho! You guys hate him cause if he keeps it up he will be with out a dought the biggest capo ever!only second to pablo escobar, pablo was really in a league of his own, you can compare amado or chapo or who ever you want but pablo was all of them's boss! Right now the only one that can probably beat him or get to his level is mencho! Lla el mayo se le suve a las gallinas nomas pa que lo carguen! En cambio el señor de los cocks tiene toda la energia del mundo!

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    6. 9:49 I still think Zambada is more impressive than Mencho because of never ever being in a jail cell. Mencho did some years in the states but that is it. Other than that I agree with you, nobody has risen like Mencho and nobody ever will again. They’re all going to hell anyway so I could care less about hating him

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    7. 7:33 yea no one has risen like mencho because they didn’t have the support. Los cunis have always been funding him that’s why he got so much power fast

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  21. I've not seen the Netflix series, but the amazon prime program "The Last Narco" is a superb four-part documentary about the Guadalajara Cartel and murder of Kiki Camarena with fantastic research and interviews. Chivis have you seen it?

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  22. What is the use of being a Cartel Boss when u living like a rat? All the drugs, all the money, all the killing, all the power, only to live always on the run and hiding like a rat. What is the point of it all.

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    1. Nobody knows how he's living. You're just making assumptions.

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    2. @11:21 a Mex narco was either born into a narco family and knows nothing else
      OR
      was born dirt poor (much poorer than the poorest we have here)

      Once you are in this game you cannot stop and get out and you are always expendable. Hence your only option is to continue fighting your way upwards in order to avoid being sacrificed for the benefit of someone else.

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    3. @12:24 VERY wise words, friend.

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    4. The top bosses basically give up their lives so their generations are set for good

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  23. I highly doubt he is living like a rat in some. Living in the Sierra does not mean living in a cave. Probably living in some small village sorrounded by supporters. He would have hours notice if anyone bothered to look for him due to having Halcones everywhere. Probably has several palatial homes and some old humble homes too, to hide among the pueblo people.

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    1. He might not be living like a rat but HE sure IS a 🐀 RAT and so are all his sons!!!

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    2. His living inside a underground bunker in the mountains in sinaloa somewhere

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    3. Yep! Just like mencho is living his life, we dont know nothing about this big narcos just the tip of the ice burg

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    4. His living inside a underground bunker in the mountains in sinaloa somewhere

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  24. That documentary is pure bullshit.

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    1. For real, it basically says " there is a capo in mexico named mayo zambada.

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  25. EL MAYO ZAMBADA is a

    Fucking rat anyway. His whole family's all rats. He would've grown up to be a rat. - Stupid bastard!

    Joe Pesci quote

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    1. 3:24 some say Joe is a cachagranizo, (means he tries to catch Hailstones) and you should not be badmouthing your elders.

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  26. There is one sentence here that sticks out more then any other... Earnings of 11 billion per year, so even if 10 billion had to go to logistics, bribes, and man power then a billion dollar a year quiet man is someone you’d want in your side... not glorifying at all but I mean come on! Government says “he makes us billions, his connects say “he makes us billions, his workers say “he’s keeps us happy“.. why cut the hand that feeds you!

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  27. The documentary sucked

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  28. The one and only real drug lord old school

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  29. Low quality production

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  30. El triangulo esta blindado. Pura Sierra de Durango y Sinaloa!

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  31. El mayo is like vincent the chin gigante
    And el mencho is like john gotti who whats all flashy guess who who was a true gangster ..el msyo

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  32. Chivis im gonna find u and kill your and and the others from your forum for being. Clueless whats goung on.

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    1. I think if you have a diaper change you will feel better...

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    2. Since I post on the forum I have reported your comment to the FBI field office in Phoenix as well as to the Phoenix police department. I do not take death threats lightly. Good luck 11:29.

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    3. @ 11:29 WOW, take it easy, Rambo. Da fuck is wrong with you, tard? When you'll find me, I'll be with your mom...;)

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    4. You can't even find your little pecker without Tweasers n some pepper.
      Such a True Tough Guy.
      Chivis we all Love & have the utmost Respect & Gratitude for your tireless work here & various Charity work.
      Buddy get a life and move out of your Mom's basement Keyboard Sicario

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    5. Chiva keep us posted when this clown fets arrested

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  33. Why would he be living in a cave or something small? Haven't you seen the way Ivan and his brothers live? They have the right people around them with power and like the guy above said he would be long gone once somebody was even trying to get close. That's how he has ran the game so long and cause he isn't cocky, keeps a low profile. Not a talker

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  34. All these cats on here living off the government stimulus check thinking they know about El Mayo, GTFOH. He’s a boss, period. No arrests shows you this mans strength. He has done what no one else has been able to do. He’s not flashy, he’s not trying to put himself on the map.

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    1. Very intelligent guy. If he can die a free man he will be one of the very few drug kingpins who never did a day in prison during his lifetime.

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    2. 7:53 my wife stole all of the stimulus check!
      Bad part is i can't send any of it back to my favorite president to get re-elected along with his favorite Senators and Congressmen

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    3. When your rivals like the AFO bomb your child’s birthday party I think that puts you on the map

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  35. He can definitely be traced but money deflects it lol

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    1. He actually pays zero bribes that’s the surprising truth behind mayo that he does not have to move a finger anymore his networking circle is the most unique hand selected some of theese guys have maybe 1 or 2 corridos and it’s hard to find them the rest of his people the world has never heard of. why do they keep working at such a large scale without interruption? Because they cook their drugs in other states where there is zero violence ship their drugs with no issue right into the 50 states Of America also Australia and Asia drugs are shipped daily with all the products they export like metals meat corn and other products. And that’s where his people pay the bribes directly to second level port bosses everywhere in the world and those second level slide the money over to the main chief mayos people never pay off local authorities that’s why he has chapitos to take the media heat and all the other bullshit that comes with the culiacan levantones and political pressure

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  37. WHat? He's living in el Salado in Sinaloa Salvador alvarado

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  38. I tend to stay away from these new documentaries that big name streaming services are producing theyre mostly made for entertainment rather than to inform the viewer about the topic

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    1. It was pretty good to be honest. I am the same way and most of the time I don’t even get halfway through it. Only thing in there was they said Mayo was in charge of the Culiacanazo when Ovidio was caught and here on BB they say MZ refused to help. Other than that it was alright especially since there is nothing on him except the Proceso interview and government docs

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  39. Lost my respect when he told on lil chapo

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