3 more sentenced in connection with Mexican cartelâs drug operations in East Texas, elsewhere All told, 6 now have been sentenced, 3 more await sentencing and 1 faces trial Crime (Source: KSLA) By Curtis Heyen | March 4, 2021 at 4:14 PM CST - Updated March 4 at 4:14 PM TEXARKANA, Texas (KSLA) â Three more people recently were sentenced in connection with a cartel that trafficked drugs in East Texas and elsewhere and funneled the proceeds back to its operations in Mexico. That brings to six the number of people who have been sentenced. Three more are awaiting sentencing. And another person has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial in federal court in Texarkana.