Washington – The US imprisoned a former Mexican state police chief for almost 13 years and fined him $10 billion Thursday for trafficking marijuana into the United States for the notorious Gulf Cartel.

The Department of Justice said Gilberto Lerma Plata, 50, was a former commander of the Mexican State Police in Tamaulipas state and at the same time was on the payroll of the Gulf Cartel based in Matamoros, on the border with Texas.
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