Leader of Dallas cartel group sentenced to more than 16 years for drug trafficking
Carlos Espinoza-Juarez, 33, pleaded guilty in July 2020 and was sentenced Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas announced.
By Maggie Prosser
12:22 PM on Apr 21, 2022
The leader of a cartel group operating in Dallas was sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison Wednesday after he admitted to conspiring to traffic drugs, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas announced.
Carlos Espinoza-Juarez, 33, pleaded guilty in July 2020 to money laundering and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin. He was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years and eight months by a U.S. district judge, the U.S. attorney’s office said.
Federal prosecutors said Espinoza-Juarez, who was connected to the Santa Rosa Lima Drug Cartel and other drug trafficking organizations, admitted to orchestrating a series of drug deliveries across the country during at least a four-year span.
He admitted to directing people to deliver ounces of heroin to buyers in exchange for money on two separate occasions in 2015. Espinoza-Juarez also confessed to sending three kilograms of heroin to Massachusetts and using fake names to wire money to Mexico, the U.S. attorney’s office said.
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Santa Rosa Lima Cartel head sentenced for drug crimes in Dallas
Benjamin leo4 hours ago
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Officials announced Thursday that a man in Dallas, working with the Santa Rosa Lima Drug Cartel and other Mexico-based drug trafficking organizations, has been sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison.
Carlos Espinoza Juarez, a Mexican national, pleaded guilty in 2020 to money laundering and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin.
According to plea papers, Juarez admitted he conspired to traffic drugs.
In 2015, he admitted that he directed a co-defendant to deliver approximately one ounce of heroin to a buyer in exchange for $880; and that about a month later he directed another co-defendant to deliver approximately three ounces of heroin to a buyer in exchange for $2640. Both men did so. Juarez also admitted to sending approximately three kilograms of heroin to Massachusetts.
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https://timesnewsexpress.com/news/newsusa/dallas/santa-rosa-lima-cartel-head-sentenced-for-drug-crimes-in-dallas/
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