PITTSBURGH – Four former residents of Sinaloa, Mexico, and a
former resident of Sonora, Mexico, have been indicted by a federal grand jury
in Pittsburgh on a charge of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute
and distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, United States Attorney Scott
W. Brady announced today.
The one-count Indictment named Amado Alonzo Zazueta Garcia,
Juan Jose Quintero Felix, Luis Antonio Alvarado Llanes, and Sergio Geovany
Alvarado Felix, each of whom is originally from Sinaloa, Mexico; and Aracelis
Martinez Nunez, formerly of Sonora, Mexico.
According to the Indictment, from in and around October
2019, to in and around November 2019, in the Western District of Pennsylvania,
and elsewhere, the defendants conspired with one another, and with persons both
known and unknown to the grand jury, to possess with intent to distribute and
distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, a Schedule II controlled
substance.
The law provides for a maximum total sentence for each
defendant of not less than ten (10) years in prison and not more than life
imprisonment, a fine not to exceed $10,000,000, or both. Under the Federal
Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentences imposed would be based upon the
seriousness of the offense and the prior criminal history, if any, of the
defendants.
Assistant United States Attorney Jerome A. Moschetta is
prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Pennsylvania
State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation Unit conducted the investigation
leading to the Indictment in this case.
An indictment is an accusation. A defendant is presumed
innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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