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Alvaro Lopez Tardon
Coverage of Alvaro Lopez Tardon in the Nexus archive.
- Miami drug kingpin contests 150-year sentence at 11th Circuit
A Spanish national, Alvaro Lopez Tardon, is appealing a 150-year prison sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering, arguing U.S. sentencing guidelines should not apply to crimes committed in Spain. Prosecutors allege he ran a seven-year cocaine smuggling operation from Miami to Spain, using proceeds to fund luxury purchases in the U.S.