A Chula Vista woman who prosecutors say held a leadership role in a drug trafficking organization with ties to the Sinaloa cartel was sentenced Tuesday to 11 years and three months in prison.
Prosecutors said Wuendi Valenzuela Valenzeula led a trafficking operation originally ran by her brother, Jorge Valenzuela, after he was arrested in 2020.
The defendant pleaded guilty to conspiracy counts related to money laundering and the distribution and importation of cocaine. According to her plea agreement, she worked with co-conspirators to import “thousands of kilograms of cocaine” from Mexico into the United States through San Diego County ports of entry, where it was then distributed throughout San Diego County and the U.S…