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| Mexican Zetas drug cartel boss to stand trial | Mexican Zetas drug cartel boss to stand trial |
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| A judge has ordered the Zetas drug cartel boss Miguel Angel Treviño Morales to stand trial for money laundering and possession of weapons. | A judge has ordered the Zetas drug cartel boss Miguel Angel Treviño Morales to stand trial for money laundering and possession of weapons. |
| A Mexican court official said more charges may be added during the trial. Other officials said after Treviño Morales' arrest last week that he would be charged with murder, torture, organised crime, money laundering, weapons possession and drug trafficking. | A Mexican court official said more charges may be added during the trial. Other officials said after Treviño Morales' arrest last week that he would be charged with murder, torture, organised crime, money laundering, weapons possession and drug trafficking. |
| The 40-year-old is at a maximum security prison in Mexico state. | The 40-year-old is at a maximum security prison in Mexico state. |
| Known as Z-40, Treviño Morales is suspected of ordering the kidnappings and killings in Tamaulipas state of at least 265 migrants. | Known as Z-40, Treviño Morales is suspected of ordering the kidnappings and killings in Tamaulipas state of at least 265 migrants. |
| In a separate case, a Mexican drug trafficker known as the Queen of the Pacific has been sentenced to 70 months in prison by a US federal court in Miami. | In a separate case, a Mexican drug trafficker known as the Queen of the Pacific has been sentenced to 70 months in prison by a US federal court in Miami. |
| Attorney Stephen Ralls says Sandra Avila could be released and returned to Mexico in a month because of time already served. | Attorney Stephen Ralls says Sandra Avila could be released and returned to Mexico in a month because of time already served. |
| Avila was detained in Mexico City in 2007 and extradited to the US in 2012. She pleaded guilty in April to being an accessory after the fact in an organisation that included Juan Diego Espinosa Ramírez, her boyfriend at the time. Espinosa pleaded guilty in 2009 to cocaine trafficking charges. | Avila was detained in Mexico City in 2007 and extradited to the US in 2012. She pleaded guilty in April to being an accessory after the fact in an organisation that included Juan Diego Espinosa Ramírez, her boyfriend at the time. Espinosa pleaded guilty in 2009 to cocaine trafficking charges. |
| Avila, who could have faced up to 15 years in prison, agreed to plead guilty in a plea bargain that also included crediting her with time served since 2007. | Avila, who could have faced up to 15 years in prison, agreed to plead guilty in a plea bargain that also included crediting her with time served since 2007. |
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