Colombian drug trafficker Tito Aldemar Ruano Yandun, known as "Don T," was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a U.S. federal court in Brooklyn on Thursday for leading an international cocaine distribution conspiracy. The sentencing follows his guilty plea in March and includes the forfeiture of $1.5 million in drug profits.
Ruano Yandun, 49, headed a sophisticated drug trafficking organization operating in southwestern Colombia and Ecuador, regularly exporting tons of cocaine to Central America and Mexico, where he had major connections with the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation Cartels, which worked to distribute cocaine monthly to the United States.
