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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Prosecutors say Adan Manzano was victim of Danette Colbert’s operation targeting New Orleans tourists</p><p>A woman involved in a New Orleans criminal enterprise that targeted tourists and led to the death of a reporter has been resentenced to life.</p><p>On Wednesday, a Jefferson Parish judge <a href="https://www.jpda.us/danette-colbert-adan-manzano-habitual-offender-career-criminal-super-bowl-reporter/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">resentenced</a> 49-year old Danette Colbert to life in prison plus 75 years under Louisiana’s habitual offender. In September, Colbert was sentenced to a total of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/telemundo-reporter-death-sentences" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">60 years in prison</a>, 50 years for racketeering and a consecutive 10 years for negligent homicide in the death of Adan Manzano, a journalist for the Spanish-language news outlet Telemundo Kansas City.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/15/danette-colbert-sentence-life-prison-telemundo-reporter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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