SAN JOSE — A metropolis resident was sentenced to 5 years in federal jail for his involvement in a 25-pound methamphetamine deal that landed him and two others in federal court docket.
Jose Villalobos-Cisneros was sentenced by U.S. District Decide Edward Chen. In June 2020, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) linked Villalobos-Cisneros to the methamphetamine deal, then tracked Villalobos-Cisneros and his brother as they introduced a duffle bag with the medicine from Southern California to the Bay Space.
Based on a prosecution sentencing memo, a person named Juvencio Gamez Cid reached out to Villalobos-Cisneros for 25 kilos of methamphetamine. Jose Villalobos-Cisneros and his brother, Sergio Villalobos-Cisneros, allegedly retrieved the medicine after they’d been smuggled into the USA from Mexico, then drove them to San Jose.
However the DEA had positioned a monitoring gadget on the brothers’ automobile and was watching each step of the best way. As soon as the switch was made, all three males had been arrested and the duffle bag containing the medicine was seized.
Jose Villalobos-Cisneros pleaded responsible to possession with intent to distribute greater than 500 grams of methamphetamine, a federal offense, earlier this yr, information present.
Prosecutors conceded that Villalobos-Cisneros was determined for cash after going into debt from a office damage in October 2019. His lawyer wrote in court docket papers that he owed $30,000.
“After being out of labor for nearly a yr, he grew to become concerned within the offense conduct,” the protection lawyer, Lupe Martinez, wrote in a sentencing memo. “Mr. Villalobos-Cisneros had no supply of revenue, didn't obtain incapacity or any kind of help. He borrowed cash from household and pals to pay the lease, meals, and the fundamental wants of his household.”
Expenses towards Sergio Villalobos-Cisneros and Juvencio Gamez Cid are nonetheless pending, court docket information present.