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Who says you can never go home again? Tijuana cartel leader returns to Mexico after surprisingly short US prison stint

By Gritsforbreakfast

After a guilty plea earned him a 6-year federal sentence just last October, a top leader from the notorious "Tijuana Cartel" was cut loose last week, crossing back into Mexico from El Paso after spending less than six months in a federal prison in Texas. (Don't worry, though, we've replaced him with this guy, a lower-level lieutenant working for one of his brothers - you wouldn't want an empty prison bed!)Maybe somebody with a PACER account and knowledge of federal sentencing guidelines can take a look at this case and tell me how this guy got out so soon. I really don't understand it, since there's no parole in the federal system.The Tijuana Cartel for years dominated drug trafficking into Southern California, but decades-long focus from law enforcement combined with new, powerful and bloodthirsty competitors have weakened the family-run enterprise...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 16, 2008 (boomark / email).