Colombian drug lord gets 40 years in Florida prison
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A Colombian drug lord was sentenced to 40 years in prison in Florida on Thursday and ordered to forfeit $110 million, authorities said.
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Grammy-winning producer Dallas Austin, who has crafted songs for TLC, Madonna and Michael Jackson, was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison for cocaine possession in the United Arab Emirates, his defense lawyer said.
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The former sheriff of a struggling, rural county was sentenced Tuesday to eight months in prison for lying to authorities about a scheme to resell drugs and guns seized from criminals.
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A leading Colombian paramilitary leader is accused of running a drugs empire from prison and loses privileges,
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A man called "the amphetamine king" by U.S. authorities has been sentenced to more than 50 years in prison, and his brother received 22 years behind bars, Mexican authorities said Wednesday.
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Two brothers who led Colombia's infamous Cali drug cartel are each sentenced to 30 years in US jails.
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A Philippine anticorruption court convicted Joseph Estrada of illegally acquiring wealth while in office and sentenced him to a maximum of 40 years in prison.
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Drug kingpin Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, wearing handcuffs and a bulletproof vest, flew late Friday aboard US government plane for trial in the United States, becoming the most powerful Colombian trafficker to ever be extradited
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LIMA, Peru  - A Peruvian court sentenced widely   despised former spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos on Thursday to   20 years in prison for the illegal sale of arms to a Colombian   leftist rebel group in the late 1990s.
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The chemist who created "the clear," a previously undetectable steroid, was sentenced Friday to three months in prison and three months' home confinement for his role in a burgeoning sports drug scandal.
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The admitted boss of the Genovese organized crime family's South Florida operations pleaded guilty Thursday to federal racketeering charges and could spend 20 years in prison.
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By Michael Christie MIAMI  - The most powerful drug lord everextradited by Colombia appeared before a U.S. judge on Monday,and his lawyer said he would fight U.S. charges that he ran hismultibillion-dollar business from a Colombian jail cell.
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A Colombian congressman and member of President Alvaro Uribe's coalition was sent to jail for six years on Wednesday for his links to illegal right-wing militias, the first lawmaker to fall in a spreading scandal.
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Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis was sentenced to four months in prison Wednesday for using a cell phone to try to set up a drug deal about 4 1/2 years ago.
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A West Covina man twice convicted of drunken driving, and who said he had 15 drinks before killing four people in an alcohol-related traffic collision Nov. 30, was sentenced Tuesday to 60 years to life in prison.
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The highest-ranking jailed member of Colombia's main guerrilla group was freed by the government Monday as part of a wider prisoner release intended to help secure the freedom of 60 hostages &#151; including three Americans &#151; held by the guerrillas.
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The former chief financial officer of defunct hedge fund Bayou Group was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for his role in a scheme that defrauded investors of $450 million and led to the fund's collapse.