Serafín Zambada Ortiz (born 27 May 1990) is a U.S.-born Mexican convicted drug trafficker and high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal group based in Sinaloa.
He is the son of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, one of the top leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel.
He is married to Karime Ellameli Torres Acosta, the daughter of the late Manuel Torres Félix, another Sinaloa Cartel leader.
Zambada Ortiz was active on social media, where he posted pictures of his extravagant lifestyle.
On 20 November 2013, he was arrested by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) at the border crossing in Nogales, Arizona.
The U.S.
government charged him with importing large sums of cocaine and marijuana to the U.S.
from Mexico.
He was sentenced to five and a half years in prison, an unusually low sentence for high-profile drug cases.
On 11 September 2018, he was released from prison.