Former UN gang leader Clay Roueche given 30 years - again

Gangster given 30 years - again: "Former UN gang leader Clay Roueche had a 30-year sentence for drug smuggling and money laundering reinstated in U.S. District Court in Seattle on Tuesday.

Chief Judge Robert S. Lasnik said at Roueche's second sentencing hearing that the 35-year-old led a major criminal organization involved in drug trafficking and money laundering, which inevitably led to violence.

'The closer I look at the crimes, the more I am convinced that 30 years is the just and appropriate prison term,' said Lasnik.

A court of appeal had ordered a second sentencing hearing so Lasnik could clarify the evidence he considered in reaching the original 30-year sentence he imposed on Dec. 16, 2009.

Roueche, who grew up in Abbotsford and Chilliwack, also received five years probation and was convicted of conspiracy to export cocaine, import marijuana and money laundering."

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