Cartel Boss Pleads Guilty, Faces Life in Prison

0:00A California man who helped build one of Mexico's deadliest drug cartels just pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court to conspiring to ship cocaine across the border. This 49-year-old from Santa Clara, known as L85, co-founded the Helisco New Generation cartel alongside the infamous El Mencho, who got taken out by Mexican forces back in February. After splitting from El Mencho, he started his own group called La Nueva Plaza, but now he's staring down at least 10 years in prison, possibly life, with sentencing set for July 31 in Washington, D.C. Justice Department officials say his cartel wrecked communities on both sides of the border fueling non-stop violence in Mexico that spilled over and hurt everyday folks in the U.S. He dodged capture for years, nab twice in Mexico, released once on a technicality before getting extra-dited here this February with two dozen other, Kingpins following a $5 million U.S. reward.

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