Drug cartel chief gets 25 years in secret proceeding
donal brown
February 25, 2010
A federal district judge sentenced one of the most feared drug lords to 25 years in prison in a proceeding closed to the public, a rare occurrence for a sentencing phase. The judge offered no explanation for the secrecy. -db Houston Chronicle February 24, 2010 By Dane Schiller and Jacquee Petchel Behind armed guards and locked doors — in a secret hearing of judicial privacy not even given to some 9/11 terrorists or East Coast