TUCSON, Ariz. -Manuel Alejandro Beltran-Quintero, 35, of Tucson, was sentenced final week by U.S. District Choose Jennifer G. Zipps to 120 months in jail, adopted by 4 years of supervised launch. Beltran-Quintero pleaded responsible to Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine and Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine on September 7, 2023. 5 co-defendants additionally charged on this case pleaded responsible and obtained sentences of as much as 68 months in jail.
On April 15, 2020, Beltran-Quintero coordinated the supply of almost 20 kilograms of cocaine in Tucson. Drug Enforcement Administration brokers efficiently interdicted the drug and arrested Beltran-Quintero and his co-conspirators. The investigation revealed that Beltran-Quintero had additionally coordinated the tried smuggling of arms to Mexico on three separate events in late 2019, all of which had been intercepted by legislation enforcement.
This effort is a part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Activity Drive (OCDETF) operation. The OECDTF identifies, disrupts and dismantles the highest-level felony organizations that threaten the USA utilizing a prosecutor-led, intelligence-led, multi-agency strategy. Extra details about the OCDETF program might be discovered at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.
The Drug Enforcement Administration led the investigation on this case. Assistant US Attorneys Stefani Hepford and Ashley Culver, District of Arizona, Tucson, dealt with the prosecution.
HOUSE NUMBER: CR-20-01565-TUC-JGZ
LIBERA NUMBER: 2024-023_Beltran-Quinteru
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