Colombian trafficker who was working to smuggle a ton of cocaine into U.S. sentenced to 24 years
A drug trafficker was sentenced to 24 years in prison Tuesday along with two others for a conspiracy to bring in more than a ton of cocaine into the U.S. from Colombia, federal officials said.
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