A $4.64 billion punishment for a Mexican cartel's massacre of American women and children was considered symbolic. The families of the victims, who ranged from an 8-month-old baby to a 43-year-old mom, were never expected to see a dime. But a law firm representing the families, Motley Rice Law Firm, inundated federal courts with over 1,200 claims against U.S. law enforcement-seized cash and assets during operations against Mexican drug traffickers, Bloomberg Law first reported.
25 million the feds seized during a major 2021 money laundering bust in the southern district of New York. The head prosecutor, Damian Williams, argued in opposition court filings there's no connection between the money laundering scheme that federal agents took down and the 2019 massacre. KILLERS IN MEXICO ‘CAN LOOK LIKE ANYONE,’ INCLUDING A KIM KARDASHIAN LOOKALIKE OR SEVEN-YEAR-OLD CHILD 'The United States holds a vested interest in the forfeiture assets,' Williams wrote in a Feb.