Officer of the Year Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison After Providing Guns to Drug Cartel
Convicted on drug conspiracy and gun charges, a former officer of the year was sentenced Wednesday to more than 30 years in prison after supplying assault rifles and sensitive information to his co-conspirators, including senior cartel leaders in Mexico. Besides providing firearms, pepper spray, bulletproof vests, luxury vehicles, and police scanner radios to Los Zetas cartel members, the ex-cop from Texas also participated in distributing cocaine from Louisiana to New York since 2006.
On September 2, 2014, Efrain Grimaldo, the nephew of Houston Police Officer Noe Juarez, was sentenced to 33 years in federal prison after caught smuggling 1,640 kilograms of cocaine throughout the southern states and east coast. On June 24, 2014, Efrain’s brother, Sergio Grimaldo, was extradited from Mexico and later charged along with Officer Juarez for participating in a conspiracy to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine. Juarez was also charged in a separate conspiracy to possess firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
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One of the prime problems in Mexico has this article shows, is corruption.
