SAN DIEGO—A former attorney who laundered drug money for the notorious Sinaloa Cartel was sentenced in San Diego federal court Oct. 7 to more than 15 years in prison.
Prosecutors say Juan Manuel Alvarez-Inzunza, 41, coordinated the movement of millions of dollars in drug proceeds. Some of the money was used to fund cocaine shipments into the United States, according to a prosecutor’s sentencing memorandum, which identified Alvarez-Inzunza as the lead defendant in a long-running wiretap investigation into the cartel.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Alvarez-Inzunza was previously designated under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act for laundering money for top cartel leaders, including Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera and Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada….