A co-leader of a Mexican transnational criminal organization has been hit with 30 years in federal prison and a $500,000 money judgment, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Authorities tied the punishment to what they described as a deadly alien-smuggling operation that put migrants in serious danger, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas.
Prosecutors’ account
In a post on X, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said the defendant was identified as a co-leader in a Mexican transnational criminal organization and received a 30-year sentence along with a $500,000 money judgment. Prosecutors characterized the underlying scheme as deadly and part of a multi-state smuggling pipeline, and linked the case to the Justice Department’s…..