The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California announced this week that Claudia Patricia Álvarez Hernández, the wife of incarcerated Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Jorge Alberto Valenzuela Valenzuela, had been sentenced in federal court to 14 years in prison for her role in a major drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy involving millions of dollars.
According to prosecutors, Álvarez Hernández's sentence is part of ongoing investigations into Los Valenzuela, a criminal organization linked to the Sinaloa Cartel that was accused of importing cocaine and other controlled substances into the United States.
