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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Sinaloa convictions

NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit upheld the convictions of Sinaloa cartel-affiliated defendants for drug trafficking, firearms offenses and racketeering, but vacated their life sentences for certain counts because those were outside the sentencing guidelines.

Read the ruling here.

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