A 56-year-old Texas man will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars for selling marijuana in a case that highlights the severity of the mandatory-minimum drug sentencing laws that are making a comeback under the Trump administration.David Lopez was sentenced June 2 to more than 24 years in federal prison after he was convicted on drug conspiracy and possession charges. Federal prosecutors say Lopez had been shipping weed from El Paso to cities in the US from 2001 until August 2015, and he was linked to busts in Texas, New Mexico, and Kansas where police seized over 3,300 kilos of pot. Lopez owned several trucking companies, and he was nabbed after he tried to hire a DEA informant and an undercover officer to transport marijuana for him.Will Glaspy, the Special Agent in Charge of the DEA's El Paso Division, said in a statement that Lopez's sentence sends "a strong and unified message that drug dealing, at all levels, will not be tolerated, and, in turn, we are making our communities safer."Continue reading on VICE News.