The brother of a former Gulf cartel leader has been sentenced in the United States

Lee Roy Villarealwho is the brother of a former Gulf Cartel plaza boss, was sentenced at 180 months, i.e. 15 years in prisonfor his role in the conspiracy to distribute cocaine. The decision was made after a federal jury conducted four hours of deliberation, following an eight-day trial.

“United States District Judge Andrew S. Hanen imposed a prison sentence of 180 months followed immediately by five years of probation. In sentencing, the court concluded that Villarreal ran a large-scale cocaine distribution network which lasted nearly five years,” read the statement from the United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas shared on Monday, March 20.

During the aforementioned period, Villareal and its partners divided between 150 and 450 kilograms of cocaine from Mexico and Panama to distributors in the United States, including cities in Texas, Georgia, Illinois and Indiana. In addition, the judge determined that said person was directly involved in the sale of cocaine.

Witnesses indicated that the now convicted directed The ace activities of their workers who imported, concealed and transported cocaine to various parts of the United States. In addition, he was responsible for repatriating the profits from the sale of cocaine with his brother as well as members of the Gulf Cartel in Mexico.

For his part, he brother of Lee Roy Villareal was a Gulf Cartel boss identified as Michel VillarrealAlso known as mike gringomurdered in March 2013 by members of a rival criminal group.

Lee Roy Villareal he claimed during his trial that he was never involved in drug trafficking and that he had no illegal association with his brother and only operated a legitimate auto mechanic business. However, the jury found him guilty conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine.

said person is in custody and is awaiting transfer to a United States Bureau of Prisons facility. Similarly, US authorities have indicated that other 12 peoplelinked to the conspiracy, were sentenced.

“Drug cartels like the Gulf Cartel (CDG) flood our communities with drugs that cause death and destruction, but high-ranking CDG leaders like Villarreal are not immune to harsh punishment. This accusation struck a Heavy blow for CDG operations. Villarreal has poisoned our communities and collaborative efforts with our partners have brought it to justice,” the statement read.

Let us recall that one day before, on Sunday March 19 Jose Maria Rios Ortiza.k.a The Godoh oh hairy chest was sentenced to 465 years in prison for crimes of unlawful deprivation of liberty in the modality of removal against 31 victims. Said subject, according to intelligence work, was a member of the Gulf Cartel.

He was the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) through the Specialized Organized Crime Prosecutor (FEMDO), the institution in charge of the decision. The big He was stopped in December of the year 2009 when I was in a building in the Centro de Reynosa tamaulipas.

“After various proceedings, the Second District Judge in charge of federal criminal proceedings in Tamaulipas, based in Matamoros, imposed the aforementioned sentence, as well as fine of 15 thousand 500 days“, detailed the FGR in a press release. Currently The big He is being held at the Federal Center for Social Rehabilitation (Ceferes) number 14 in Durango.