A federal prosecutor says two leaders of a drug trafficking organization have been sentenced to federal prison on a variety of charges, including possession with the intent to distribute 15 kilograms or more of methamphetamine.
U.S. Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. of Tulsa said Tuesday that sentences were headed down to 36-year-old Samuel Garcia-Escalera and 34-year-old Joel Deloera-Escalera, who were convicted following a five-day jury trial. Garcia-Escalera was sentenced to 25 years in prison, and Deloera-Escalera received more than 11 years.
Williams says that from April 2012 to August 2013, they conspired to distribute and possess methamphetamine, maintained houses for storing and distributing and drug and were unlawfully in the U.S.
As a part of their sentence, the men forfeited almost $1.3 million Williams says was obtained through the conspiracy.
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