Mexican former state attorney general jailed 20 years for drug trafficking

The former attorney general of Mexico's Pacific coast state of Nayarit, hit...

- The former attorney general of Mexico’s Pacific coast state of Nayarit, hit hard by drug cartel violence in recent years, was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in U.S. federal prison for his role in a major Mexican-U.S. narcotics trafficking ring.

He pleaded guilty in January to a single count of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana. The department identified the drug ring in question as a cartel previously led by Juan Francisco Patron Sanchez, alias H-2, who was killed in a clash with Mexican marines firing on him from a Black Hawk helicopter in February 2017.

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