Accused Drug Traffickers from Sinaloa Lose Death Sentence Appeals in Malaysia The Associated Press
go to original April 23, 2015

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Three Mexican brothers and two other people on Thursday lost their final appeals against death sentences for drug trafficking in Malaysia, their lawyer said.

The Mexicans are from Sinaloa state, the cradle of their country’s drug trade, but have no criminal record at home. They were arrested at a secluded drug-making factory in Malaysia in 2008, and claimed they had been cleaning the place, not making drugs.

Their lawyer Kitson Foong said a five-man bench in the Federal Court, Malaysia’s highest court, unanimously rejected their appeal. The defense has argued that the evidence was tampered with, but the judges said that they were satisfied the men were guilty, Foong said.

The brothers — Jose Regino Gonzales, 37, Simon, 40, and Luis Alfonso, 47 — were sentenced to death in 2012. The other two were Singaporean Lim Hung Wang and Malaysian Lee Boon Siah.

Foong said the brothers may seek a judicial review of the court’s decision. Drug trafficking carries a mandatory death by hanging in Malaysia.

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