McALLEN -(The Monitor) The former owner of an Edinburg. Texas trucking business was sentenced to 30 years in prison Monday for his role in a drug smuggling and money laundering ring. A federal jury in Houston found Ricardo Garcia Heredia, 44, of McAllen, guilty in May of multiple counts of conspiracy and drug possession. Prosecutors allege Garcia used his business – Edinburg-based Earth Transportation – as a front to recruit drivers for cocaine shipments that passed through the Rio Grande Valley on their way to Chicago.
29/07/2008
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