An North Texas woman will spend decades in prison for her role in operating unlicensed group homes that resulted in over a dozen deaths.

Regla Becquer sentenced What we know: Regla Becquer, who operated unlicensed group homes in North Texas, was sentenced to 28 years in prison and two years in state jail this week.

Becquer pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide, abandoning or endangering an individual, and financial elder abuse.