Rubén Velázquez Aceves, known as “El Ingeniero,” or The Engineer, had been accused of being a top lieutenant in the ultra-violent Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación. His attorney said Mond…
A federal judge in San Diego on Monday handed down a prison sentence of five years and 10 months to a Mexican drug broker with alleged but disputed links to the ultra-violent Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación.in April 2023 and pleaded guilty in February to a drug distribution conspiracy charge.
Beyond that, few details about Velázquez’s case or his alleged connections to the new Jalisco cartel, known by its Spanish acronym CJNG, have become public. Prosecutors have largely kept the case,His attorney on Monday denied there was any connection between Velázquez and the CJNG. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle Martin told U.S. District Judge John Houston on Monday that Velázquez “was someone who sat in Guadalajara” brokering drug shipments by phone and electronic communications. Martin told the judge that Velázquez did not work exclusively for one organization but rather used his business connections to broker deals with multiple individuals or groups.
Martin asked Houston to sentence Velázquez to 70 months in prison, the low end of the recommended guidelines, and the judge followed that recommendation. Lombard had asked that his client be sentenced to the time he’s already served and be released.
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