Walking with a noticeable limp, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia, 76, was led by the arm by federal marshals to the defense table inside the same courthouse where his cartel co-founder,

Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a co-founder of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, has pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking, murder and other charges in a New York court, months after his dramatic arrest and transfer into United States custody.

The alleged Sinaloa Cartel co-founder, known as "El Mayo" Zambada, pleads not guilty on Friday morning on drug trafficking charges.

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.