Colombian drug cartel founder sentenced to 30 years in US prison

Colombian drug cartel founder sentenced to 30 years in US prison
Aug 6, 2014 posted by Gabrielle Mentjox

Colombian drug lord Diego Perez Henao, alias “Diego Rastrojo,” was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison in the US, according to Colombia’s El Pais newspaper.

Rastrojo, 42, was the military commander of what was once Colombia’s principal drug trafficking organization, “Los Rastrojos,” that descended from the now-defunct Norte del Valle Cartel in southwest Colombia.

By a federal court ruling in Florida, Rastrojo was also ordered to pay a $1 million fine and is subject to a five-year conditional release following the completion of his sentence, according to El Pais.

The senior drug lord was arrested in Venezuela in June 2012 with the help of Colombian police and extradited to the US in August 2013.

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