A Milwaukee man is headed to federal prison for 11½ years after a judge in the Eastern District of Wisconsin sentenced him Wednesday in a case authorities say grew out of a multi-agency look at a family-run drug distribution ring.
Conviction and Sentence
According to a Facebook post from the Milwaukee Police Department, 52-year-old Cain Botello Sr. was sentenced Wednesday in the Eastern District of Wisconsin to 11½ years in federal prison after convictions for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, distribution of controlled substances and illegal use of a communication facility.
The department said Botello led his family’s criminal drug-trafficking organization and identified him as a member of the Almighty Latin Kings.
Multi-Agency Task Force
The department credited the Milwaukee Area Safe Streets Task Force in the case and listed its partner agencies: “Milwaukee Police Department; Mount Pleasant Police Department; Caledonia Police Department; Cudahy Police Department; Racine County Sheriff’s Office,” the post states…