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Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Reentry of a Removed Alien

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Nebraska

Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that on Wednesday, October 18, 2017, Carlos Vidal-Mix, a.k.a. “Gato”, originally of Campeche, Mexico, was sentenced to 10 years (120 months) in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine, and for reentry of a removed alien.  Vidal-Mix had previously been removed from the U.S. to Mexico by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on April 21, 2014, in Rio Grande Valley, Texas.  Following the prison term, he will again be removed to Mexico.

 

On October 17, 2016, the DEA arrested Vidal-Mix and two co-conspirators after they took delivery of 21 pounds of methamphetamine that had arrived for distribution in the Omaha metropolitan area.

   

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration in Omaha.

Updated October 20, 2017
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - Nebraska

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