EL PASO, Texas ( KTSM ) — A woman who was a recruiter for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was recently sentenced in El Paso to 20 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office from the Western District of Texas.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Karla Adriana Votta-Cardenas, 43, from Ciudad Juarez, worked for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, primarily trafficking methamphetamine.
Votta-Cardenas served as a large-scale recruiter for the cartel, recruiting drivers through “help wanted” ads on social media. She recruited more than 20 drivers using this method and did not disclose that they would be trafficking drugs, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office…