By The Opinion
Nov 21, 2024, 00:11 AM EST
The Brooklyn federal court sentenced Colombian drug trafficker Tito Aldemar Ruano Yandun, known as “Don T,” to serve 20 years in prison after pleading guilty last March to leading an international cocaine distribution conspiracy. He was one of the operating partners of the Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel.
Ruano Yandun, also known as “Don Ti”, “Don Tito”, “Pedro Linares”, “Pedro AK2”, “Santos”, “Don Tuma”, “Viejo” and “Viejo Loco”, He was sentenced by United States District Court Judge William F. Kuntz, who also ordered him to forfeit $1.5 million in drug profits.
Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division (DEA), announced the sentence.
“Today’s sentence significantly punishes the defendant for leading a prolific drug trafficking organization that exported thousands of kilograms of cocaine destined for our streets,” said U.S. Attorney Peace. “International drug lords must face American justice for the misery they have caused in our district and our country.”
According to court documents, The defendant ran a sophisticated drug trafficking organization that operated in southwestern Colombia and Ecuador.
His organization regularly exported tons of cocaine to Central America and Mexico so it could then be smuggled into the United States.. The defendant’s drug trafficking organization trafficked cocaine on behalf of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).which helped finance the paramilitary group’s prolonged campaign to overthrow the Government of Colombia.
During the investigation of the case, thousands of kilos of cocaine were confiscated and transported by members of the organization.
In October 2017, the police captured Tito Aldemar Ruano, one of the main partners of the Mexican cartels of Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación who sent tons of cocaine to the United States monthly.
Even the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury mentioned Ruano Yandun and his organization as “Specially Designated Drug Traffickers” for their important role in international drug trafficking.
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