20-Year Prison Sentence Handed to Mexican National for International Cocaine Conspiracy
· Texas Border Business
Leonel Mata Luna, a 51-year-old man from Houston, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his involvement in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy that lasted nearly a decade. He pleaded guilty on September 6, 2023, and admitted to violating supervised release terms from a previous drug conviction. The court found that he played a leadership role in a drug trafficking organization that moved over 100 kilograms of cocaine from Monterrey, Mexico, to the U.S. Luna was arrested in September 2022 after being a fugitive for seven years. He will remain in custody until his transfer to a federal prison.
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