A man identified as the brother of Mexico’s cartel leader El Mencho is sentenced in Washington, DC to about 22.5 years in U.S. prison for his role in drug trafficking. Federal authorities and multiple outlets report the punishment follows a conviction related to distributing illicit drugs into the United States.
The articles largely agree on the sentence length and the familial link to El Mencho. CBS News and the Rio Times present the decision as a 22.5-year term (with the Rio Times specifying 270 months) and CBS News frames it as the brother of “El Mencho.” The Independent adds that the broader case involves a conspiracy that brought cocaine and methamphetamine to American streets, and describes the defendant as the sibling of the slain cartel leader.
