The son-in-law of a Mexican drug lord entered a guilty plea over an 11-year price-fixing scheme that used deadly force along the U.S.-Mexico border.
<p>McALLEN, Texas — The son-in-law of a Mexican drug lord pleaded guilty this week to a scheme that used violence and threats to fix prices and control the transnational used-car market at
</p><p>Prosecutors alleged the 11-year scheme started in 2011 and involved fixing prices of forwarding agency services operating in Los Indios, Texas, about 20 miles northwest of Brownsville.
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