https://katv.com/news/local/mexican-national-sentenced-to-10-years-in-meth-trafficking-and-money-laundering-plot

A Mexican national, Jesus Ignacio Medina-Leyva, has been sentenced to 10 years for trafficking meth and laundering money, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas announced.

Medina-Leyva, 29, was charged for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

United States District Judge Brian S. Miller handed down the sentence on Thursday.

Medina-Leyva was indicted alongside 31 other defendants on November 2, 2017. He pleaded guilty to both counts on April 10, 2025. So far, 26 of the other defendants have been convicted and sentenced.

Authorities say that Medina-Leyva was arrested entering the United States from Canada on a warrant relating to the charges in the indictment on August 6, 2024.

Judge Miller also sentenced Medina-Leyva to three years of supervised release.