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Famed architect gets 6 months for drug smuggling

By Elliot Spagat
Published December 10, 2012 10:52pm ET
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Famed architect gets 6 months for drug smuggling
In this Dec. 10, 2008 photo, renown Mexican architect Eugenio Velazquez speaks in Tijuana, Mexico. Velazquez is awaiting sentencing in San Diego for concealing 12 pounds of cocaine while driving into the United States in a special lane for prescreened, trusted motorists last March but in a letter to Tijuana newspapers, Velazquez said he was “in a situation of high risk, threat and intimidation.” (AP Photo) | AP

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A highly acclaimed architect was sentenced Monday to six months in prison for trying to enter the U.S. with nearly 13 pounds of cocaine hidden in his minivan’s battery.

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