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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.
Lawyers were slowly making their way to fulfilling the $4.64 billion goal with individual claims ranging from a couple of thousand dollars to millions, but the federal prosecutor's office in New York challenged the law fir.