EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A Mexican judge has sentenced three former members of the Zetas drug cartel for their role in the murder of 72 migrants in the border state of Tamaulipas in 2010.
Martin E., Roman P. and Juvenal B. were found guilty of kidnapping, organized crime and other charges and sentenced this week to 73, 82 and 76 years in prison, respectively, the Mexican Attorney General said in a statement this week .
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The charges stem from the August 2010 abduction of 58 men and 14 women from South and Central America in the city of San Fernando, Mexico, which is 85 miles south of Brownsville, Texas.
They were forcibly taken to a nearby ranch. There, “people of different nationalities were executed by members of a criminal organization,” the statement said.
