Colombian 'Prince of Submersibles' gets 20 years for smuggling kilos of coke into US with...

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A Colombian drug lord dubbed "the Prince of Semi-Submersibles" was sentenced to over 20 years in prison for operating a fleet of narco-submarines that smuggled thousands of kilos cocaine into the U.S. from South America, federal prosecutors announced Monday.

Narco-submarines are makeshift nautical vehicles painted in ocean colors that have one purpose: to smuggle narcotics in hermetically sealed containers across thousands of miles of ocean to illicit ports of call in other countries. The technology has progressed in recent years and has become a significant force in the international drug trade.

Oscar Adriano Quintero Rengifo, 35, also known as “Guatala,” was sentenced to 20 years and 10 months in federal prison for smuggling cocaine in narco-subs, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida said in court papers.