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Álvaro Córdoba has been extradited to the United States since early 2023.
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A New York court sentenced this Friday 14 years in prison to Alvaro Cordobabrother of the deceased former Colombian senator Piedad Córdobafor conspiring with people linked to the FARC for export cocaine to the United States.
Córdoba, 65 years old, also He was sentenced to four years of probationaccording to a statement from the Prosecutor’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
The Colombian He was extradited to New York in early 2023 and pleaded guilty last January to the charge of drug trafficking, for which the prosecution requested between 17 and 21 years in prison.
“Those who intend to flood our streets with narcotics will face serious consequencesespecially when they are associated with violent drug trafficking organizations such as the FARC,” prosecutor Damian Williams said in the statement.
According to the court, the Colombian negotiated with several people he believed were drug traffickers for a Mexican cartel what was trying distribute cocaine from Venezuela to the USbut in reality they collaborated with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
In December 2021, Córdoba “sold” a sample of 5 kilograms of cocaine to the alleged drug traffickers coming from a farm linked to the FARC and located on the outskirts of Medellín, according to the Prosecutor’s Office.
The authority indicates that When he was arrested in February 2022, he was negotiating a more substantial deal with the Mexican cartel.about 500 kilograms of cocaine per week.
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