US Sentences 2 in Murder of US DEA Agent in Colombia

The last two defendants in the 2013 kidnapping and murder of a U.S. drug agent in Colombia were given long prison terms in a U.S. federal court Monday. Edgar Javier Bello Murillo was sentenced to more than 36 years in prison. Co-defendant Omar Fabian Valdes Gualtero was given a 29-year term. Both had pleaded guilty to charges of picking up special agent James "Terry" Watson in a taxi in Bogota and stabbing him. Watson managed to escape but later collapsed and died from his...

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