A U.S. federal judge sentenced a Chinese national to 12 years in prison for his role in helping move large quantities of drugs from Colombia into the United States. The Chinese national moved the illicit narcotics for the terrorist organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG).
\n\nCJNG is one of seven Mexican drug cartels designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations by the U.S. government at the start of the Trump administration’s second term in January 2025.
\n\nLate last week, 52-year-old Wenshen Xu went before a U.S. federal judge who handed down the sentence and ordered him to pay a $22 million judgment. The ruling came months after a hearing on June 30, where he pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy charges. He also pleaded guilty to providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization (CJNG).
\n\nAccording to information provided to Breitbart Texas by the U.S. Department of Justice, Xu lived in Honduras and, since 2023, ran a transportation network that moved more than 450 kilograms of cocaine for Mexican cartels from Cali, Colombia, primarily for CJNG. Authorities say the network included airstrips, airports, armored cars, and associates across Latin America. Prosecutors claimed that Xu ran a complex conspiracy to…
Original source: https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/
