# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ismael-zambada
# Generated: 2026-09-02T08:56:59.518Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ismael-zambada"
name: "Ismael Zambada"
slug: "ismael-zambada"
description: "Ismael Mario Zambada García, also known as “El Mayo”, is a Mexican former drug lord and co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, an international crime syndicate based in the 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."
tagline: "Mexican drug lord (born 1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mayo_Zambada_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
birthDate: "1948-01-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           61.66
  momentum:             6.685417804478428
  historical:           21.199344
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  99
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "엘 마요"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "إسماعيل زامبادا غارسيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ismael Zambada García"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ইসমাইল \"এল মায়ো\" জাম্বাদা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ismael Zambada García"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ισμαέλ Σαμπάδα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "El Mayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ismael Zambada García"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ismael Zambada García"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ismael \"El Mayo\" Zambada"
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    title: "Ismael Zambada García"
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    title: "イスマエル・サンバダ・ガルシア"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ismael \"El Mayo\" Zambada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismael_Zambada_Garc%C3%ADa"
    title: "Ismael Zambada García"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%2C_%D0%98%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Самбада, Исмаэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ismael \"El Mayo\" Zambada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismael_Zambada_Garc%C3%ADa"
    title: "Ismael Zambada García"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6084644"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump