Colombian brothers get 22 years in U.S. prison for trying to traffic $100 million of cocaine on “low-profile” boats

Two brothers were sentenced to 22 years each in federal prison for allegedly conspiring to traffic more than 7,700 pounds of cocaine from Colombia to the Unites States on “low-profile” boats, authorities said.

Robin Castro-Gomez, 36, and Alvaro Castro-Gomez, 41, pleaded guilty last September to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute huge amounts of the drug, valued collectively at about $100 million, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Florida’s middle district announced in a news release. The brothers were charged for their alleged attempts to move cocaine from Tumaco in Colombia to Central America, for importation into the U.S., via three “low-profile vessels” in the Eastern Pacific Ocean between August 2017 and March 2018. Alvaro Castro-Gomez has a previous conviction for trafficking narcotics on the high seas, according to the U.S. attorney.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brothers-sentenced-us-prison-drug-traffic-cocaine-colombia-boats-robin-castro-gomez-alvaro-castro-gomez/

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