Ismael Zambada-Imperial was shipped overnight from Mexico to California to stand trial on federal drug charges.

H/T: Vice

Two high-profile targets from rival drug cartels appeared together in the same San Diego courtroom Friday after being discreetly extradited to face U.S. chargeshttps://t.co/Jg7UKOfWCm — KTLA (@KTLA) December 21, 2019

This is from the docket for El Mayito Gordo's case in the Southern District of California — it shows he was taken into US custody today and scheduled to make his first court appearance in San Diego pic.twitter.com/q2YgCMMW5C — Keegan Hamilton (@keegan_hamilton) December 20, 2019

Ismael Zambada Imperial, AKA "Mayito Gordo," the Twitter loving son of Sinaloa Cartel leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, has been extradited to the United States, according to court records.



He's the 3rd son of El Mayo to be extradited to the U.S. pic.twitter.com/A6Iv9bHK16 — Noah Hurowitz (@NoahHurowitz) December 20, 2019

Good background on early family life of El Mayito Gordo (right) here: Mexico Sinaloa cartel boss El Mayo Zambada son grew up in golden cage https://t.co/2AILypdYgA — WendyFry (@WendyFry_) December 21, 2019

Nearly 2,000 pounds of Cocaine marked with the black scorpion symbol - the Sinaloa Cartel's calling card. Found in a van belonging to the CIA in El Paso, Texas. No wonder those bastards got to the Dominican Republic faster than me. pic.twitter.com/d02othxcDJ — John McAfee (@officialmcafee) December 19, 2019

Sinaloa cartel leader's son quietly extradited to San Diego, with an alleged Tijuana cartel advisor https://t.co/Yo8AMCE9SP — L.A. Times: L.A. Now (@LANow) December 21, 2019

#Breaking



Amid rumors of rampant corruption on the U.S. side of the border after the arrest of former Mexican drug czar Genaro García Luna, the U.S. announces that all documents involving its southern border are now classified.https://t.co/iatvJEinwX — Artificial Intelligence Currencies (@AICurrencies) December 19, 2019

Should Genaro Garcia Luna, the former head of Mexico's version of the FBI, decide to cooperate with prosecutors in Brooklyn who indicted him last week, stories like this are going to become a regular thing. https://t.co/Y0kd0eRXaL — Alan Feuer (@alanfeuer) December 19, 2019