Colombian drug trafficker 'Valenciano' gets 20 years in U.S. prison

A Colombian drug trafficker who the U.S. government says was the ringleader of an extensive network that shipped thousands of kilograms of cocaine to the United States was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 years in prison.
Maximiliano Bonilla-Orozco, also known as "Valenciano," was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sandra Townes in Brooklyn, nearly five years after he was captured in Venezuela, prosecutors said.
A lawyer Bonilla-Orozco did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
According to U.S. authorities, Bonilla-Orozco, 44, led an extensive narcotics exportation and... read more
19 October 2016 in
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