'El Ponchis', a 14-year old US citizen who confessed to working for South Pacific drug cartel, was given three years in prison for homicide, kidnapping and drug and weapons possession, the maximum sentence allowed for a minor.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/27/teenager-el-ponchis-jail-murder?CMP=twt_fd
Ecuadorian Cartel Boss Fights Extradition in Spain, Accusing President Noboa of Assassination Plot
Wilmer Chavarría, the presumed leader of the Los Lobos syndicate, claims the Ecuadorian government wants him silenced...