Mexican Attorney Pleads Guilty to Laundering $52.7 Million for Sinaloa Cartel

Paez admitted to having a managerial role in a Mexico-based organization accused of laundering millions of dollars, prosecutors said.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters in Washington on Aug. 12, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

An attorney from Mexico City pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to launder tens of millions of dollars in drug trafficking proceeds on behalf of the Sinaloa cartel, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California said in a May 30 statement.

Prosecutors said the guilty plea by Hector Alejandro Paez Garcia, 43, is part of a long-term FBI investigation targeting a Mexico-based organization accused of laundering at least $52.7 million for the Sinaloa cartel.