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El Diablo’s Meth Escape and Capture | Auckland News
Auckland car dealer Andre Francis James, alias “El Diablo,” thought he’d escaped justice by fleeing to Mexico—but the DEA caught him at a Mexican airport last November. Now facing up to life in prison for smuggling nearly 300kg of meth into the U.S. across three trips in 2022, he’s already pleaded guilty to two major charges, triggering a lighter sentence deal. He was secretly chatting with undercover agents on encrypted apps, even paying $150K for drug transport to Australia. After his U.S. sentence, he’ll likely be extradited back to New Zealand to face additional charges tied to Operation…
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