Brother of late Mexican cartel leader is sentenced to 22 years in prison for drug trafficking plot
Prosecutors said he helped move cocaine and methamphetamine into the United States and managed cartel money laundering and meth labs.
- On Friday, Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, brother of slain Jalisco New Generation co-founder Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes known as "Mencho," was sentenced to more than 22 years in U.S. prison for drug trafficking.
- Oseguera Cervantes joined the Milenio Cartel in around 2002, later overseeing narcotics sales and supervising methamphetamine laboratories for the Jalisco New Generation cartel after reporting directly to his brother in 2010.
- The defendant pleaded guilty to distributing 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. In a letter to court, he wrote, "Deeply sorry for my actions and for the harm they caused."
- Administrator Terry Cole of the Drug Enforcement Administration said, "The sentencing of Oseguera Cervantes demonstrates that no cartel leader is beyond the reach of American justice." Assistant Attorney General Tysen Duva called it a message to criminals worldwide.
- This case forms part of a Trump administration initiative to eliminate powerful cartels, utilizing the Homeland Security Task Force to investigate transnational criminal organizations operating in the United States.
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Man sentenced for role in laundering millions for Sinaloa Cartel through SD-based shell companies
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) - A Mexico City man who held a leading role in an organization that laundered at least $52.7 million for the Sinaloa Cartel through San Diego-based shell companies was sentenced today to 41 months in prison. Prosecutors say cash generated across the country through the cartel's drug trafficking activities passed through
A man whose brother led one of Mexico's most violent drug cartels was sentenced on Friday to more than 22 years in a U.S. prison for his involvement in a drug trafficking network that distributed cocaine and methamphetamine on U.S. streets.
Brother of Mexican cartel leader El Mencho sentenced to 22 years in prison for drug trafficking plot
A man whose brother led one of Mexico's most violent drug cartels was sentenced Friday to more than 22 years in U.S. prison for his part in a sprawling drug trafficking conspiracy that brought cocaine and methamphetamine to American streets.
Oseguera Cervantes, 67, also known as 'Tony Montana', had pleaded guilty last August to "conspiring to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine" and to "use, bearing and possession of weapons in support of the drug trafficking conspiracy."
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