The accused drug trafficker, arrested under unusual circumstances in July 2024, is taking the same path as Ovidio Guzmán ...

El Mayo's son took a differing path. Jesús Vicente Zambada Niebla, known as "El Vicentillo," turned on the cartel and is now in witness protection, the ABC 7 I-Team has learned.

Jesus Vicente Zambada Niebla, son of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada. The next status hearing was set for September 9.

During the trial of El Chapo in Brooklyn in 2019, Zambada's eldest son, Vicente Zambada Niebla, testified that the cartel paid an estimated $1 million per month in "salaries" to officials at all ...

El Chapo and Zambada began working together in the early 2000s, but Zambada’s son, Vicente Zambada Niebla, testified against the cartel boss during his trial, helping prosecutors make their case ...

Zambada's lawyer Frank Perez has also represented his son, Vicente Zambada Niebla, who prosecutors say could testify against him at trial.

Update: Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada appeared in a wheelchair for a second time in an El Paso U.S. Federal Court along with his attorneys Frank A. Perez and Ray Velarde.

One of the first big breaks came in the case of Zambada’s son, Jesús Vicente Zambada Niebla, or "El Vicentillo", who was arrested in Mexico City in 2009.