Texas Teenager Sentenced to 20 Years on Terrorism Charges

Locals look at a fire as it burns at Taj Mahal Palace following an armed siege in Mumbai, India, on Nov. 29, 2008. Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

A Texas teenager who tried to recruit a fellow American to a jihadi terrorist organization has been sentenced to 20 years in jail on terrorism charges.

Michael Kyle Sewell, 18, was arrested in February after exchanging messages with federal agents who were posing online as contacts for Lashkar-e-Taiba, a terrorist organization also known as LeT.