El Mayo's Hearing Delayed Yet Again
The hearing for Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, has been postponed one more day. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, requested the delay due to logistical reasons.
Oh, the grand American justice! It’s a spectacle that could give the Royal Shakespeare Company a run for its money. And the star of today’s production is none other than Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the elusive leader of the Sinaloa Cartel—Mexico’s preeminent drug-trafficking outfit. Zambada, who has managed to elude capture for decades, is finally caught in the crosshairs of the U.S. legal system. But don’t get too excited yet. In a scene that’s more Kafka than Coppola, the highly anticipated hearing scheduled for October 17, 2024, has been delayed. Again.
Now, why is it that these things always end up feeling like a Benny Hill sketch, with everyone running around in circles, only to end up exactly where they started? The reason given, predictably, is “logistics.” It seems that Breon Peace, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, couldn't manage to get all the right people in the room on time. So, in a letter penned with the gravitas of someone asking to push their dental appointment by a day, Peace has asked Judge Brian M. Cogan for a postponement.
