Two Los Zetas cartel members convicted of ICE agent's death

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By Danielle Haynes Follow @DanielleHaynes1 Contact the Author | Updated July 28, 2017 at 3:57 PM


July 28 (UPI) -- A Washington, D.C., jury convicted two suspected members of Mexico's Los Zetas drug cartel of killing a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent and injuring another.

The jury found Jose Emanuel Garcia Sota, 35, -- also known as "Zafado" -- and Jesus Ivan Quezada Piña, 29 -- also known as "Loco" -- guilty of four counts each on Thursday. The counts include murder, attempted murder and firearms violations.

So far, seven Los Zetas cartel members have been convicted in the ambush that killed ICE Special Agent Jaime Zapata and injured Special Agent Victor Avila on Feb. 15, 2011, U.S. Attorney Channing Phillips said.

"Drug cartels bring death and destruction across our Southern border and sell drugs that take lives all across America," said Attorney General Jeff Sessions. "The work our ICE officers do every day to keep these criminals out of our country and secure our border is heroic and makes all of us safer. Today's conviction of two cartel members in the horrific murder of ICE agent Jaime Zapata in Mexico is the next step in the Department of Justice's ongoing efforts to dismantle the cartels and bring them to justice."

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