US Drug Case Shows European Ambitions of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel

A U.S. prison sentence handed down to a Mexican attorney is the final chapter in a long investigation by federal authorities that shed light on the Sinaloa cartel's attempts to expand into the lucrative European market for cocaine. A U.S. district judge in New Hampshire sentenced Rafael Celaya on Monday to 17 years in prison for his role, along with eight co-defendants, in a drug-trafficking case involving Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Sinaloa cartel boss and world's most wanted...

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