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Two men will spend the rest of their lives behind bars for their roles in a murder-for-hire plot more than two decades ago[hhmc]
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Robert Acosta and Jose Diaz were sentenced in Manhattan federal court Friday after a three week trial[hhmc]
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Acosta led a large-scale drug trafficking ring in the 1990s, and paid Diaz about $12,000 to kill two men who stole drug money from him[hhmc]
Two men will spend the rest of their lives behind bars for their roles in a murder-for-hire plot more than two decades ago.
Robert Acosta and Jose Diaz were sentenced in Manhattan federal court Friday after a three week trial.
Prosecutors said Acosta led a large-scale drug trafficking ring in the 1990s, distributing hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from a handful of buildings in Upper Manhattan.
During the summer of 1997, 25-year-old Alex Ventura and 20-year-old Aneudis Almonte allegedly stole drug money from Acosta, so the drug kingpin hired Diaz to kill both men for approximately $12,000, prosecutors claimed.
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