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Chinese National Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Narcotics Trafficking, Money Laundering, and Material Support to Terrorism
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wenshen Xu, 52, a Honduras-based Chinese national extradited from Guatemala, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison, five years of supervised release, and a $22 million money judgement for conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, conspiring to launder money derived from drug trafficking, and to providing material support to a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, specifically the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG).
- FILE
- IF-2DF970
- AUTHORITY
- U.S. Department of Justice
- TYPE
- Charges & Convictions
- PUBLISHED
- 29 October 2026 · 12:00 UTC
- FIRST SEEN
- 29 October 2026 · 21:30 UTC
- ORIGINAL
- https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-national-sentenced-12-years-prison-narcotics-trafficking-money-laundering-and
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- 5fd97a551bc0bfc2ccffb9e161c25d1c5ffbb21e094603a6357433fed0fdd6f7
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