A Houston man was sentenced to federal prison for trafficking drugs through the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston on Dec. 8.
Jaime Garcia-Sanchez, 20, pleaded guilty on July 14, to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and was sentenced to 52 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone. Co-defendant, Daniel Corona Avalos, a Mexican national, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison on Dec. 1.
According to information presented in court, on March 4, Garcia-Sanchez and Avalos were stopped by law enforcement on Highway 59 in Nacogdoches. During a consent search of the vehicle, law enforcement officers located 16 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside the vehicle’s bumper. Garcia-Sanchez and Avalos were trafficking the drugs through the Eastern District of Texas to Chicago for further distribution.
They were indicted by a federal grand jury on April 6, and charged with drug trafficking violations.