Alfredo Beltrán Leyva

The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected Alfredo Beltrán Leyva's arguments challenging the refusal to withdraw his plea, his sentence and the forfeiture. The district court's judgment was affirmed.

After pleading guilty, Alfredo applied to withdraw his plea and proceed to trial. The court refused, a decision he subsequently challenged before the federal appeal court.

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Federal Judge Richard J. Leon sentenced Alfredo Beltrán Leyva to life imprisonment and ordered forfeiture of 529.2 million dollars following his guilty plea.

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Alfredo Beltrán Leyva pleaded guilty before the federal court in Washington to participating in a conspiracy to import large quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine into the United States.

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Alfredo was indicted on 24 August 2012 for international drug trafficking conspiracy. Mexico extradited him to the United States on 15 November 2014, where he appeared in the District of Columbia.

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Mexican authorities describe Alfredo Beltrán Leyva as one of the principal figures in the organisation associated with Joaquín Guzmán, responsible particularly for drug transportation, money laundering, co-opting public officials and controlling groups of hitmen. In the United States, he subsequently admitted participating in an extensive drug trafficking conspiracy.

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Mexican special forces arrested Alfredo Beltrán Leyva in Culiacán with three members of his security detail. An AK-47, eight handguns and approximately 900,000 dollars in cash were seized, among other items.

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