The accused Mexican kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges on Friday in the same New York courthouse where fellow Sinaloa cartel co-founder Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was convicted five years earlier.

Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia, the reputed co-founder of the feared Mexican Sinaloa cartel, has been arraigned on 17 drug trafficking, firearms and related charges in New York, federal authorities said Friday.

BROOKLYN (CN) — Arrested after four decades of heading the Sinaloa cartel, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia pleaded not guilty in Brooklyn federal court for drug trafficking-related charges targeting one of the world’s most powerful drug cartel leaders.

Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the powerful longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, pleaded not guilty Friday in New York on a 17-count indictment accusing him of narcotics trafficking and murder.

Sought by U.S. law enforcement for more than two decades, Zambada has been in U.S. custody since July 25, when he landed in a private plane at an airport in Texas,

Accused Mexican drug kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia is too dangerous to see the outside of a jail cell as he awaits trial for multiple narco-trafficking charges, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said Friday.

Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, a powerful leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, pleaded not guilty Friday in a U.S. drug trafficking case that accuses him of engaging in murder plots and ordering torture. Participating in a court hearing through a Spanish-language interpreter,

Longtime drug cartel leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada has pleaded not guilty in New York on a 17-count indictment accusing him of narcotics trafficking and murder