{"id":226932,"date":"2026-04-10T22:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/226932\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T22:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:53:09","slug":"sinaloa-cartel-linked-duo-get-long-sentences-for-2022-execution-at-miami-springs-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/226932\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinaloa cartel-linked duo get long sentences for 2022 \u2018execution\u2019 at Miami Springs hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"

MIAMI \u2014 A man and woman officials said were tied to Mexico\u2019s notorious Sinaloa drug cartel<\/a> each received long prison sentences in connection with a 2022 \u201cexecution-style murder\u201d at a \u201ccouples-only\u201d hotel near the Miami International Airport, officials with the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.<\/p>\n

Tsvia Kol, 37, of Hallandale Beach, and Jimmy Sanchez, 38, of Spring Valley, California, both pleaded guilty to using a firearm to cause death and conspiring to distribute at least 500 grams of methamphetamine. <\/p>\n

Investigators said the two were among those responsible for shooting and killing<\/a> Julio Gonzalez, 46, of Hialeah Gardens, at the Aladdin Hotel, located at 901 S. Royal Poinciana Blvd. in Miami Springs \u2014 about a block away from the airport \u2014 on Nov. 29, 2022.<\/p>\n

Investigators said the killing was linked to a \u201cmissing package containing about 11 pounds of methamphetamine, the street value of which totaled approximately $90,000,\u201d which the duo mistakenly believed that Gonzalez stole. Instead, law enforcement officials had seized the meth.<\/p>\n

\"\"Julio Gonzalez. (MDPD\/Copyright 2022 Google) <\/p>\n

They said Kol and Sanchez, the latter of whom had flown in from San Diego to MIA the night of the killing, arranged a 12-hour room rental to confront, and later kill, Gonzalez.<\/p>\n

Kol had been described in a Miami-Dade arrest warrant as \u201ca known high-ranking Sinaloa cartel member with a history of international organized crime syndicate that specializes in illegal drug trafficking and money laundering\u201d and the ex-wife of Wilfredo Nunes Gallardo, another high-ranking member of the Sinaloa cartel.<\/p>\n

The criminal organization was once run by the infamous Joaquin \u201cEl Chapo\u201d Guzman.<\/p>\n

The case was originally investigated by what was then the Miami-Dade Police Department before turning federal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis started as a drug deal gone wrong and ended in an execution,\u201d U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Qui\u00f1ones said in a statement. \u201cThe defendants armed themselves, set up the victim, and carried out a killing over a missing drug package that had already been seized by law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said Kol received a nearly 20-year sentence while Sanchez received a sentence totaling more than 27 years.<\/p>\n

Reding Qui\u00f1ones said that the sentences \u201creflect the seriousness of that violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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