In a major blow to drug trafficking operations, the U.S. Attorney's Office has sent 20 individuals to prison, including Houston resident Abril Pineda Ortiz, who was sentenced to over 10 years for his role in a meth distribution conspiracy.
Twenty people have now been sent to prison for their role in combined drug trafficking operations, says the U.S. Attorney’s Office.resident Abril Pineda Ortiz aka Carlos Raudel Pineda-Ortiz was sentenced to 10 years and 10 months for his role in a meth distribution conspiracy, said U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
According to court records, the court found Pineda-Ortiz to be the source of supply in transactions involving significant amounts of meth. In handing down the sentence, the court noted the effects meth has had on people and communities. "These traffickers will pay with their freedom," said Hamdani, "to the tune of a combined sentence of more than 2000 months in federal prison…for infecting our communities with hundreds of kilograms of meth, fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin."
"The success of these investigations and the corresponding sentences serve as an example of the impact multiple agencies can have when they join forces," said Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Drug Enforcement Administration . "This operation dismantled the activities of a dangerous criminal organization that was responsible for smuggling and distributing hundreds of pounds of illicit narcotics throughout the State of Texas.
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