According to the U.S. Department of Justice, "El Chelelo" was responsible for smuggling more than 3,000 tons of drugs into southern Texas over a span of four years.

Eleazar Medina-Rojas faces 31 years in U.S. prison for overseeing drug routes into Brownsville, Laredo, and McAllen.

A member of a Mexican cartel has been sentenced in a Houston court to federal prison for his role in bringing drugs to the US ...