April 29, 2017 1:24 PM

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Father-in-law of drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' given 10 years in prison

The father-in-law of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison. Mexican officials said, Ines Coronel Barreras was accused of smuggling marijuana to the United States and was arrested in the town of Agua Prieta, which borders the US state of Arizona.<br/> <br/>The US Treasury Department had designated Coronel as a key operative of the Sinaloa drug cartel prior to his 2013 arrest. He was detained alongside four other men, with police also seizing two vehicles, four rifles, one gun and 255 kilograms of marijuana.

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