Ivan Velazquez Caballero, better known as “el Taliban,” pleaded guilty Monday to drug trafficking conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy charges in exchange for recommendations from prosecutors that could result in a shorter sentence. Sentencing is set for July 18. When Velazquez Caballero — a regional boss for the Zetas cartel — was captured by Mexican Marines in 2012, he was in a dispute with the cartel’s leader, Miguel Angel Trevino Morales
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