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 distribution conspiracy that lasted nearly a decade. He pleaded guilty on September 6, 2023, admitting to leading a drug trafficking organization that transported over 100 kilograms of cocaine from Monterrey, Mexico, to the U.S. Luna was also found to have violated terms of a previous supervised release, resulting in an additional 30-month sentence. He was arrested in Monterrey in September 2022 after being a fugitive for seven years. The investigation involved multiple law enforcement agencies.
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