Convicted drug dealer Jason Austin, held accountable for killing a cop and social worker, appeals his sentence.
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Former dealer gets light sentence after testifying in double-murder case despite death threats
A key witness in the prosecution of west-side drug dealer Jason Austin is sentenced to five and a half years in prison.
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Alleged Sinaloa cartel leader gets 22 years for bringing cocaine into Chicago
Judge Ruben Castillo says the sentence for Alfredo Vazquez-Hernandez, an alleged cartel coordinator, should be seen as a “message.”
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Struggling businessman or lieutenant for Chapo Guzman and the Sinaloa cartel?
Alfredo Vasquez-Hernandez, accused of being a coordinator for the cartel, is set to be sentenced in federal court in Chicago.
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Drug dealer gets 35 years in prison after judge says he ‘very likely’ committed a double murder
Jason Austin is held accountable for the 2008 murders of Robert Soto and Kathryn Romberg.
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Mechanic says police, not drug dealers, threatened him during murder investigation
Day four in the sentencing hearing of convicted west-side drug dealer Jason Austin
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Witness to double murder: ‘Why? Why would you shoot?’
Day three in the sentencing hearing of convicted west-side drug dealer Jason Austin
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Is a key government witness telling the truth this time about a double murder?
Day two in the sentencing hearing of convicted west-side drug dealer Jason Austin
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Drug dealer wasn’t convicted of murder but may serve time for it anyway
Federal prosecutors seek a long sentence for Jason Austin, who they say killed a cop and a social worker.
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A low-level drug dealer gets caught between the money and the violence of the heroin trade
A low-level dealer gets caught between the money and the violence of the heroin trade.
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The drug warrior
Chicago DEA special agent in charge Jack Riley has targeted the Outfit, dirty cops, street gangs, and the Sinaloa cartel, yet the drugs keep coming.
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Trapping El Chapo: Chicago’s public enemy number one
What the case against Vicente Zambada reveals about the federal government’s efforts to take down overseas drug suppliers.
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When news of El Chapo Guzmán’s capture reached a federal prison
The capture of the Sinaloa cartel leader won’t stop the flow of drugs, says a west-sider locked up for selling heroin
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Amid calls for drug policy reforms, Chicago-to-Iowa heroin dealer gets stiff sentence
New sentencing guidelines from the Obama administration didn’t help former Chicagoan Dwayne Appling.
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The Chicago connection
How heroin—and dealers—moved from Chicago to eastern Iowa