The King of Heroin Locked Up for 22 Years

The "King of Heroin" a Mexican drug trafficker has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for smuggling large quantities of the narcotic heroin into the United States.

According to the Ventura County Star, Jose Antonia Medina Arreguin, 36, was sentenced Wednesday in Ventura County Superior Court after pleading guilty last month to conspiracy to possess heroin for sale.

Also known as Don Pepe, Arreguin arranged for drugs to be transported across the border into California in vehicles with secret compartments netting up to $260,000 a week.

Arreguin's attorney states that he is very remorseful of the whole situation but regardless, he was sentenced 22 years in prison.

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