El Paso attorney sentenced in laundering trial

Attorney Marco Antonio Delgado has been sentenced to the maximum 20 years in federal prison after his Oct. 2013 conviction.

In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Senior District Judge David Briones ordered that Delgado pay a $25,000 fine and be placed under supervised release for three years after completing his prison term.

He was convicted of conspiracy to launder up to $600 million in drug money. Prosecutors accused Delgado of conspiring with the ex-wife of a former Mexican president and others to launder money in 2007 and 2008.

Prosecutor Anna Arreola said Monday morning that Delgado had to know he was meeting with affiliates of a Mexican drug cartel when they allegedly asked his help with moving money and trying to slow down extraditions of suspects from Mexico to the United States.

Delgado has said the evidence and testimony by federal agents are lies.