Colombian National Sentenced to Over 17 Years for Recruiting Mariners to Traffic Cocaine to the Sinaloa Cartel
February 02, 2024
February 02, 2024
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release:
TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara has sentenced Alonso Pineda-Torres (52, Colombia), a/k/a "Galladita," to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine on board vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Pineda-Torres entered a guilty plea on October 1 . . .
TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara has sentenced Alonso Pineda-Torres (52, Colombia), a/k/a "Galladita," to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine on board vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Pineda-Torres entered a guilty plea on October 1 . . .