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NEWS: Mexican cartel courier pleads guilty to money laundering

By Alisha Houlihan for AMLi

A member of one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels has pleaded guilty to money-laundering charges, in a federal court hearing in the US on Tuesday.

Jorge Orozco-Sandoval admitted he dropped off nearly $320K (€322.6K) in three separate instalments at a Target store in anticipation of the funds being transferred to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) in Mexico, according to The Washington Post. 

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