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\"\"The lead defendant in an international drug trafficking organization was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in federal prison, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jaison D\u00e1vila Amador conspired to smuggle tens of millions of dollars worth of cocaine by aircraft from Colombia to Mexico for distribution in the United States via the maintenance of secret airstrips and the bribery of air traffic controllers.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge George H. Wu sentenced Jaison D\u00e1vila Amador, 57, a.k.a. \u201cCoste\u00f1o\u201d and \u201cMar\u00eda Ang\u00e9lica,\u201d of Bogot\u00e1, Colombia.<\/span><\/p>\n

D\u00e1vila pleaded guilty on April 20 to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine for unlawful importation. D\u00e1vila has been in federal custody since September 2021 after his extradition from Colombia.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"D\u00e1vila participated in the cocaine trafficking conspiracy from at least 2017 through May 2019. D\u00e1vila and his accomplices carried out their plan by maintaining clandestine airstrips in Colombia, where aircraft from Mexico would land to retrieve bulk quantities of cocaine. <\/span><\/p>\n

To facilitate the scheme, members of the conspiracy bribed air traffic controllers and law enforcement officials to ensure the flights from Mexico could enter Colombian airspace undisturbed.<\/span><\/p>\n

The conspiracy involved at least two cocaine shipments by aircraft. The first flight successfully departed Colombia in the spring of 2017 with approximately 480 kilograms (1,058 pounds) of cocaine, though the airplane crashed in Central America, killing the pilots on board.<\/span><\/p>\n

On November 5, 2017, an aircraft bound for Mexico entered Colombian airspace to receive a second cocaine shipment. Still, it was intercepted, forced down by the Colombian Air Force, and then destroyed with machine gun fire. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Near a clandestine airstrip and the airplane\u2019s wreckage, law enforcement found approximately 515 kilograms (1,135 pounds) of cocaine, which D\u00e1vila and his co-conspirators intended to traffic by aircraft. <\/span><\/p>\n

Investigators estimate that the two cocaine shipments, if sold in the U.S., would have been valued collectively at nearly $30 million.<\/span><\/p>\n

D\u00e1vila coordinated various aspects of the conspiracy, including bribe payments to air traffic controllers, financing for the cocaine shipment, and logistical support for the aircraft that would transport the cocaine from Colombia to Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n

“[D\u00e1vila] was the ringleader, the principal organizer of the criminal venture,\u201d prosecutors argued in a sentencing memorandum. \u201cHe called the shots, he directed the bribe payments, and, even after two pilots died, he pushed forward with another enormous drug shipment. Such a role speaks to the seriousness of [D\u00e1vila\u2019s] conduct and his experience. One does not accidentally find oneself leading a transnational criminal organization.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

All 13 defendants arrested and extradited to the U.S. in this case have pleaded guilty to participating in the international drug trafficking conspiracy.<\/span><\/p>\n

The investigation into this drug trafficking organization was conducted by special agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration, which received substantial assistance from the Colombia National Police\u2019s Direcci\u00f3n de Investigaci\u00f3n Criminal e Interpol (DIJIN) and Colombia\u2019s Fiscal\u00eda General de La Naci\u00f3n. <\/span><\/p>\n

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alexander B. Schwab of the Corporate and Securities Fraud Strike Force, Chelsea Norell of the Violent and Organized Crime Section, and Elia Herrera of the International Narcotics, Money Laundering, and Racketeering Section are prosecuting this case.<\/span><\/p>\n

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