Sinaloa Cartel Money Launderer Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Prison

Members of the U.S. Marshals patrol outside the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, February 6, 2019 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The jury is in its third day of deliberations in the trial for El Chapo (Joaquin Guzman), who is accused of trafficking over 440,000 pounds of cocaine, in addition to other drugs, and exerting power through murders and kidnappings as he led the Sinaloa Cartel. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

SAN DIEGO—A former attorney who laundered drug money for the notorious Sinaloa Cartel was sentenced in San Diego federal court Oct. 7 to more than 15 years in prison.

Prosecutors say Juan Manuel Alvarez-Inzunza, 41, coordinated the movement of millions of dollars in drug proceeds. Some of the money was used to fund cocaine shipments into the United States, according to a prosecutor’s sentencing memorandum, which identified Alvarez-Inzunza as the lead defendant in a long-running wiretap investigation into the cartel.