Yini De La Torre gets seven years for poisoning salsa at Mi Ranchito

For poisoning the salsa at Mi Ranchito in Lenexa and serving it to customers, Yini De La Torre is going to federal prison for 87 months.

The 20-year-old former waitress at the Mexican restaurant was sentenced Wednesday. She had pleaded guilty a year ago to adding Methomyl-based pesticide to salsa on two occasions and serving it to patrons. A total of 48 people fell ill after the August 2009 poisonings,

suffering nausea, abdominal

cramps, weakness, sweating and discomfort.

Some were hospitalized.