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Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada

1948 - Today

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Ismael Mario Zambada García (born 1 January 1948), also known as El Mayo, is a Mexican former drug lord and top leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, an international crime syndicate based in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. Before he assumed leadership of the entire cartel, he allegedly 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 aircraft, narcosubs, container ships, go-fast boats, fishing vessels, buses, rail cars, tractor trailers, and automobiles. Until his arrest in July 2024, he had never been arrested or incarcerated. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada has received more than 6,660,118 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada is the 33rd most popular mafioso, the 84th most popular biography from Mexico and the 4th most popular Mexican Mafioso.

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  • 6.7M

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  • 62.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada ranks 33 out of 70. Before him are Salvatore Giuliano, Khun Sa, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Joe Masseria, Du Yuesheng, and Richard Hauptmann. After him are Richard Kuklinski, Frank Lucas, Sundance Kid, Mickey Cohen, Murder of Kitty Genovese, and Salvatore Maranzano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada ranks 146. Before him are Dan Halutz, George Abela, Alberto Manguel, Margot Kidder, Kenny Loggins, and Yuriy Yekhanurov. After him are John de Lancie, James Ellroy, Cassandra Harris, Dušan Bajević, Mitsuko Uchida, and Miklós Németh.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada ranks 84 out of 729. Before him are Manuel Ávila Camacho (1897), Tizoc (1436), Katy Jurado (1924), Jorge Campos (1966), Felipe Calderón (1962), and Ernesto Zedillo (1951). After him are Emilio Fernández (1904), Enrique Peña Nieto (1966), Adolfo López Mateos (1909), Adolfo de la Huerta (1881), Kiki Camarena (1947), and Chimalpopoca (1397).

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Among MAFIOSOS In Mexico

Among mafiosos born in Mexico, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada ranks 4. Before him are Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (1946), Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán (1957), and Amado Carrillo Fuentes (1956).

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