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Two sentenced for marijuana grow

Updated: Friday, 10 Feb 2012, 4:02 PM CST
Published : Friday, 10 Feb 2012, 4:02 PM CST

MADISON - Two Mexican citizens have learned their punishment for conspiring to grow marijuana in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in northern Wisconsin.

Federal prosecutors say Jose Esqueda-Garcia, 19, and Moises Lopez-Ontiveros, 21, were sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison. They join three others who received similar sentences.

The men were captured in August 2011 after police raided a massive marijuana farm in the forest just south of Clam Lake. Authorities say they found nearly 10,000 marijuana plants worth about $1 million.