Chinese National Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Narcotics Trafficking, Money Laundering, and Material Support to Terrorism
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE — 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).
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- U.S. Department of Justice
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- Justice
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- 29 October 2026 · 12:00 UTC
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- 29 October 2026 · 21:30 UTC
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- https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-national-sentenced-12-years-prison-narcotics-trafficking-money-laundering-and
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