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« on: August 19, 2005, 11:04:54 am »
Drug dealer must forfeit lottery winnings


Aug 18, 11:52 AM (ET)

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Mexican citizen must forfeit about $2.75 million in Texas lottery winnings because of his drug-trafficking conviction, a federal appeals court said on Wednesday.

Jose Luis Betancourt, 52, was arrested after making a cocaine delivery shortly after accepting $5.5 million for having the winning ticket in the December 11, 2002, lottery drawing, according to court documents.

A jury convicted Betancourt, who was living in the border city of Brownsville, Texas, of conspiracy and two counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine in May 2003 and also found he must forfeit his one-half interest in the lottery ticket.

A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the trial court judge\'s ruling that Betancourt bought his share of the ticket with drug proceeds because that was his only apparent source of income.

The court also upheld his punishment of more than 24 years in prison without parole.

"Mr. Betancourt\'s luck ran out, and appropriately so," said U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg.
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« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2005, 11:17:27 am »
sucks.  i\'ll think about that next time i\'m trafficing large amounts of cocaine.
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« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2005, 11:21:12 am »
just another lesson on, how you never really know.
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« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2005, 11:25:52 am »
houston sucks
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« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2005, 11:27:22 am »
should have let Mexico have Texas.
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« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2005, 11:35:46 am »
Tejas.  they like to call it Tejas
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« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2005, 11:38:37 am »
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Tejas.  they like to call it Tejas


LOL

I knew it!
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« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2005, 07:06:44 pm »
They couldn\'t afford to pay em, so they locked em up!
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« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2005, 07:11:50 pm »
he got cought betting the system
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