Fourth Person Sentenced in Pocatello for Drug Trafficking
POCATELLO – The final defendant in an eastern Idaho drug trafficking ring was sentenced today in United States District Court, announced U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson.
Guillermo Pacheco Anguiano, 31, a Mexican national, was sentenced to six months in prison followed by five years of supervised release, for distribution of cocaine. Anguiano appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill. Guillermo pleaded guilty on May 3, 2011.
According to the plea agreement, Anguiano admitted that on December 20, 2007, at the direction of co-defendant Noe Cruz Osuna, he delivered cocaine to an individual at a gas station in Idaho Falls, Idaho, for which he received payment.
Three co-conspirators, also Mexican nationals, were sentenced last year on related drug charges. Luis Angel Corral was sentenced on May 4, 2010, to 12 months plus one day in prison; Raul Bojorquez Castro was sentenced on April 14, 2010, to 12 months in prison; and Cruz-Osuna was sentenced on May 5, 2010 to 24 months in prison.
The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Idaho State Police, and the Bonneville County Sheriff's Department.
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