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Drug Dealer Blows $1.5M in Cartel Money on Gambling, Faces 15 Years in Prison

By Melanie PorterJuly 23, 2026

The brief

Federal prosecutors have decided that a 53-year-old man from St. Louis, Missouri, US, who admitted losing more than $1.5 million owed to a Mexican cartel at gambling tables, will spend the next 15 years behind bars. Complex Drug Trafficking Operation D.R. has been sentenced after pleading guilty earlier this year to c…

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