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Top member of El Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel FLIPS and gives 'substantial assistance' to feds: Smuggler, 60, is jailed for ten years in deal but she could be out in three
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • Guadalupe Fernández Valencia, a senior leader in the Sinaloa Cartel, received a 10-year prison term during a Wednesday court hearing in Chicago

  • The 60-year-old is the only woman to hold a high-ranking position in the cartel that was co-founded by Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán

  • She was arrested in Culiacán, Mexico, in 2016 and was then extradited to the United States in 2017

  • She pleaded guilty during in 2019 conspiring to traffic drugs and money laundering conspiracy for coordinating the distribution of drugs to the U.S.

Posted by: Skidmark 2021-08-28
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