Brother of slain Mexican cartel leader is sentenced to 22 years in prison for drug trafficking plot
- 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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Antonio Oseguera Cervantes received a prison sentence of 22 and a half years after pleading guilty to crimes of drug trafficking and possession of firearms
Brother of late Mexican cartel leader is sentenced to 22 years in prison for drug trafficking plot – WTOP News
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man whose slain 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. Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, the brother of the Jalisco New Generation co-founder...
Sentenced for international drug trafficking and firearms-related crimes
Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, alias ‘Tony Montana’ and brother of ‘El Mencho’, was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison in the United States.
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