Colombian sentenced in cocaine smuggling plot

Published August 5, 2013 11:06pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — A Colombian narcotics trafficker aligned with paramilitary groups in that country has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiring to import large quantities of cocaine into the U.S.

Christian Fernando Borda received the sentence in U.S. District Court in Washington on Monday.

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