Former Commander of Mexican State Police and Member of the Gulf Cartel Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy
Former Commander of Mexican State Police and Member of the Gulf Cartel Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy
Gilberto Lerma Plata, a former commander of the Mexican State Police and member of the Gulf Cartel, was sentenced today to serve 151 months in prison for conspiring to import multi-ton quantities of marijuana into the United States, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Administrator Michele M. Leonhart of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).