The United States has confirmed it will not seek the death penalty against three of Mexico’s most notorious cartel leaders: Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, Rafael Caro Quintero, and Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, also known as “El Viceroy.” The decision, announced by the U.S. Department of Justice, was filed in federal courts overseeing each of the three men’s cases. It marks a major departure from past high-profile drug prosecutions in which capital punish…
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