Three Florida drug traffickers have received sentences for abducting a rival and torturing him for 18 hours by pouring hot sauce in his eyes and up his buttocks. 25- year-old Mario Espino, planned the assault back on Oct.12, 2023, against Gabriel Leger, a former partner. Espino, along with 24-year-old Jacob James Guest, and 25-year-old Joey Lawrence Eugene Young demanded 10 kilograms of fentanyl from Leger’s cartel sources after assaulting and binding him, per the New York Post.
Two of the men, Young and Espino, started tormenting him by
“pouring hot sauce in Leger’s eyes and anus,”
said David P. Sullivan, the Assistant U.S. Attorney.
Prosecutors reported that Leger was discovered in the back seat of a vehicle, with a pillowcase covering his head and zip ties and electrical cords around his wrists.
The three men left when they saw officials yet left behind 22 kilograms of meth, 100 grams of fentanyl, a firearm, and over $10,000 in cash, according to prosecutors. They all pleaded guilty to charges of drug trafficking, kidnapping, and firearm possession. Espino received 22.5 years, Young got 25 years, and Guest received 20 years. Their feud allegedly began due to Espino’s anger at being excluded from Leger’s drug business.
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