“El Mayo,” the elderly Mexican drug lord who took over “El Chapo’s” infamous cartel, admitted in Brooklyn court Monday to fueling a violent trade that drowned the US in heroin, cocaine and fentanyl for decades.

Ismael Zambada, 75, the ex-righthand man of ruthless former Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquin Guzman, copped a deal with the feds in which he pleaded guilty to a count each of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise and racketeering conspiracy more than a year after it he was captured stateside. 4

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Zambada’s plea — which carries a mandatory life sentence — comes after federal prosecutors took the death penalty off the table against him. The cartel, which he helped Guzman found, was designated a foreign terrorist organization by President Trump earlier this year.

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