News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 02, 2011
Contact: SA Will Taylor
Number: 312-886-2597


Chicago Cell Head of La Familia Mexican Drug Cartel Sentenced to 40 Years
250 kilograms of cocaine and $8 million seized during investigation

AUG 02-- CHICAGO -- The former head of the Chicago distribution network of a Mexican drug-trafficking cartel was sentenced today to serve 40 years in federal prison for his participation in a narcotics conspiracy after pleading guilty earlier this year to orchestrating the distribution of more than 420 kilograms of cocaine and the collection of more than $5.7 million in drug proceeds. The defendant, Jose Gonzalez-Zavala, aka “Panda,â€