Mexican Cartels

In 2026, several Sinaloa Cartel leaders, including Ovidio and Joaquín Guzmán López as well as Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, will have key hearings in US courts to determine their sentences for drug trafficking and organized crime. These proceedings follow guilty pleas reached in 2025, amid an internal cartel war. Dates include January for Ovidio, June for Joaquín, and April for El Mayo.