A leader of an international drug smuggling ring that authorities say used operable car batteries to ship thousands of pounds of cocaine and heroin to the Washington area was sentenced to 13 years in prison.
Prosecutors said Miguel Osvaldo Bolanos-Acevedo, 48, hired dozens of couriers to smuggle up to 330 pounds of cocaine from Mexico into the United States over three years.
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