{"id":516371,"date":"2026-07-20T15:29:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/?p=516371"},"modified":"2026-07-20T15:29:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:29:37","slug":"dea-warns-corrupt-government-officials-after-life-sentence-for-el-mayo-zambada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/dea-warns-corrupt-government-officials-after-life-sentence-for-el-mayo-zambada\/","title":{"rendered":"DEA warns corrupt government officials after life sentence for \u2018El Mayo\u2019 Zambada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the life sentence imposed on Ismael \u201cEl Mayo\u201d Zambada, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a new warning, saying its efforts will extend beyond drug traffickers to include corrupt public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DEA Administrator Terry Cole said the agency will pursue \u201cevery corrupt government official\u201d who supports or enables criminal organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is just the beginning,\u201d Cole said, signaling that U.S. authorities intend to expand their crackdown on corruption linked to organized crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remarks came shortly after Zambada, one of the founders and longtime leaders of the Sinaloa cartel, received a life sentence in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the life sentence imposed on Ismael \u201cEl Mayo\u201d Zambada, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a new warning, saying its efforts will extend beyond drug traffickers to include corrupt public officials. DEA Administrator Terry Cole said the agency will pursue \u201cevery corrupt government official\u201d who supports or enables criminal organizations. \u201cThis is just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":516374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[14737,40230],"class_list":["post-516371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-dea","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2akz","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/IMG_2958.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/IMG_2958.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}