Colombian Narcotrafficker Sentenced for Distributing Over 30,000 Kilograms of Cocaine in the US

Colombian Narcotrafficker Sentenced for Distributing Over 30,000 Kilograms of Cocaine in the US
A sign for the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons is displayed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York on July 6, 2020. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo
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A Colombian drug trafficker was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for conspiring to distribute more than 30,000 kilograms of cocaine into the United States.

According to the Justice Department, Carlos Gentil Ordonez Martinez, 50, pleaded guilty in November 2019 to his pivotal participation in a massive international drug smuggling operation.