toronto — united countries gang founder joel roueche should spend at least 30 years behind bars after his surprise plea verdict here tuesday for conspiracy to smuggle cigarettes , heroin and illicit drug profits , u . s . attorney jeff sullivan said . gilbert said in proceedings that roueche ' s presidency of the radical un gang and the sophistication of the international murder crime will all be considerations used to push for a longer sentence — up to that — for the 33 - year - old frenchman . and he stressed that the plea agreement agreed with roueche did not include " any kind of break with respect to sentencing . " .
Clay Roueche is 33 years old.