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Say hello to our little cell: Mexican drug lord nicknamed ‘El Tony Montana’ gets 22.5 years in US prison

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New York Post · collected 2026-11-13 · by Natalie O'Neill

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Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, a 67-year-old Mexican drug kingpin nicknamed "El Tony Montana," was sentenced to 22.5 years in a U.S. prison on Friday for drug trafficking and firearm crimes. The Department of Justice reports that Cervantes, a logistics operator for the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, pleaded guilty in July to conspiring to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine into the United States. The report highlights his decades-long career as a major figure in one of the world's most violent drug trafficking organizations before he was captured in Mexico in December 2022 and extradited to the U.S. in February 2025.
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New York PostThis outlet13 Nov

Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, a 67-year-old Mexican drug kingpin nicknamed "El Tony Montana," was sentenced to 22.5 years in a U.S. prison on Friday for drug trafficking and firearm crimes. The Department of Justice reports that Cervantes, a logistics operator for the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, pleaded guilty in July to conspiring to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine into the United States. The report…

Say hello to our little cell: Mexican drug lord nicknamed ‘El Tony Montana’ gets 22.5 years in US prison (this article)
Toronto Star13 Nov

Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, the brother of Jalisco New Generation co-founder El Mencho, was sentenced Friday to more than 22 years in U.S. prison. Cervantes pleaded guilty in July to a drug trafficking conspiracy involving the distribution of cocaine and methamphetamine on American streets. The report focuses on the legal consequences for Cervantes after he was extradited to U.S. authorities by the Mexican…

Brother of slain Mexican cartel leader is sentenced to 22 years in prison for drug trafficking plot →
CBS News13 Nov

Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, the brother of slain cartel leader "El Mencho," was sentenced on Friday to 22.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine and 500 grams of methamphetamine for importation into the U.S. The 67-year-old also admitted to using, carrying, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking conspiracy with the Cartel de…

Brother of cartel leader "El Mencho" gets 22.5 years in prison →

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Cervantes PERSON · 3× Mexico GPE · 3× Antonio Oseguera Cervantes PERSON · 2× Jalisco GPE · 2× Mexican NORP · 2× the Milenio Cartel ORG · 2× Al Pacino PERSON · 1× El Tony Montana PERSON · 1× Washington GPE · 1× the Department of Justice ORG · 1×

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“For more than two decades, Antonio Oseguera Cervantes helped fuel one of the world’s most dangerous drug trafficking organizations, flooding America’s communities with deadly drugs while enriching himself and his associates,” Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva, of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, said in a press release.
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2026-11-13 · New York Post
Say hello to our little cell: Mexican drug lord nicknamed ‘El Tony Montana’ gets 22.5 years in US prison · mixed framing

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A notorious Mexican drug kingpin known as “El Tony Montana” was sentenced to 22.5 years behind bars in a US court Friday for a narcotics sales career worthy of his silver screen namesake, according to federal officials. uncertain
kingpin → know → officials
Antonio Oseguera Cervantes — whose movie moniker evokes the ruthless gangster played by Al Pacino in “Scarface” — was handed the sentence in Washington, DC, for drug trafficking and firearm crimes, the Department of Justice said in a press release. asserted
Department → evoke → release
The 67-year-old spent decades at the helm of a massive operation that flooded the US with cocaine and meth, first for the Milenio Cartel and then for the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación — before he was busted hiding near Guadalajara in 2022, according to federal officials. “Oseguera Cervantes . . . played a significant role in building [the Jalisco cartel] into one of the most violent foreign terrorist organizations in the world, trafficking massive quantities of dangerous drugs that have devastated American families and communities,” Terry Cole of the Drug Enforcement Administration said in the press release. uncertain
Cole → spend → release
Cervantes — whose cartel boss brother Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera was killed during a Mexican military raid in February — was a logistics operator for the wide-reaching Jalisco cartel, operated by his sibling. asserted
brother → kill → sibling
He pleaded guilty in July to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine for importation into the US, and possessing a firearm to help with the hustle. asserted
He → plead → hustle
Cervantes was arrested by soldiers in Mexico after he was found hiding in a warehouse with a cache of weapons in December 2022. asserted
he → arrest → December
He was then extradited from Mexico to the United States in February 2025. asserted
He → extradite → February
“For more than two decades, Antonio Oseguera Cervantes helped fuel one of the world’s most dangerous drug trafficking organizations, flooding America’s communities with deadly drugs while enriching himself and his associates,” Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva, of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, said in a press release. asserted
Duva → fuel → release
Cervantes joined the Milenio Cartel in around 2002, shortly after serving a sentence for conspiracy to distribute heroin in the US. asserted
Cervantes → join → US
After doing time, he was deported to Mexico, where he continued his massive operation, according to the DOJ. uncertain
he → do → DOJ
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