After decades as a fugitive, Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has flipped. His plea deal in Brooklyn may have yielded the intelligence now guiding U.S. warships as they fire on suspected drug boats off Venezuela, The New York Post reported. The message is clear: the plea deal is echoing across investigations. El Mayo had evaded capture for nearly 40 years until Mexican authorities lured him onto a plane last year and delivered him to Texas. Almonte told The New York Post the Trump administration aims to weaken Maduro and force him from power.