Today in federal court in Boston, a Mexican man was given a term for his role in a conspiracy to trade cocaine. The conspiracy was brought about by the Mexican guy.
Judge Denise J. Casper of the United States District Court imposed a sentence of 29 months in prison and two years of supervised release upon Gerardo Madrigal Quintero, who is 25 years old. Quintero entered a guilty plea on July 11, 2023, admitting to one count of distributing at least five kilogrammes of cocaine and possessing it with the intent to distribute more than that amount.
An investigation into a Mexican-based drug trafficking organisation that planned to establish a cocaine distribution network in the Boston area was opened in August 2022. The organisation was suspected of wanting to sell cocaine in that region. After further investigation, it was determined that Quintero’s co-defendant, Joel Enrique Armenta Castro, was a member of the same organisation that brought multiple kilogrammes of cocaine to Boston for distribution. Castro was recognised as such by the inquiry. In August of 2022, Quintero drove a tractor trailer loaded with 15 kilogrammes of cocaine from California to Massachusetts. He made the trip in the back of the vehicle. On the 29th of August, 2022, Quintero delivered the cocaine to Castro at a service stop located on the Massachusetts Turnpike in the town of Ludlow.
Castro had earlier entered a guilty plea, which resulted in his being sentenced to a total of six years in prison and two years of supervised release on September 28, 2023.
Today’s statement was made by Joshua S. Levy, who is serving as the acting United States Attorney, and Jodi Cohen, who is serving as the Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Boston Division. The contributions made by the Massachusetts State Police to the investigation were quite helpful. The prosecution of the case was handled by Alathea E. Porter, an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division.
