Information leading to the Trump administration’s deadly military strikes against boats in the Caribbean — including one on Monday that left three “drug traffickers” dead — has been traced back to an unlikely source: One of Mexico’s most notorious cartel bosses, sources told The Post.

Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, 77, the former co-head of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, made a deal with the government last month, agreeing to plead guilty to drug trafficking, plotting murders and torture in exchange for life in prison rather than the death penalty.

“It’s clear to me that El Mayo Zambada cut some deals with the US government, and tipped them off about how Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles was working with the Sinaloa Cartel to sell drugs,” said Robert Almonte, a Texas-based security consultant and f

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