Three Florida drug traffickers have been sentenced for kidnapping a rival — then torturing him for 18 hours by pouring hot sauce in his eyes and up his behind.

Mario Espino, now 25, orchestrated the kidnapping and hours-long torture of a former partner-in-crime turned enemy, Gabriel Leger, on Oct. 12, 2023, according to federal prosecutors in Florida.

Espino then worked with Jacob James Guest, 24, and Joey Lawrence Eugene Young, 25, in demanding 10 kilograms of fentanyl from Leger’s cartel sources after they beat and bound him, prosecutors said.

Mario Espino, 25, orchestrated the kidnapping and hours-long torture of Gabriel Leger with hot sauce. Pinellas County Sheriff's Office

Espino and Young then began torturing him by “pouring hot sauce in Leger’s eyes and anus,” Assistant U.S. A

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