Texas rancher sentenced to 38 years for smuggling drugs, illegal immigrants & cartel members through compound
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A Cuban rancher in Texas was sentenced to more than 38 years in prison for working with a Mexican drug cartel and trafficking between one-half to one ton of marijuana each week for more than a year.
Drone image provided by ICE shows Gilberto Morales' 160-acre ranch (ICE) Image provided by ICE shows evidence recovered from Gilberto Morales' 160-acre ranch (ICE) Image provided by ICE shows evidence recovered from Gilberto Morales' 160-acre ranch (ICE) Image provided by ICE shows bales of evidence recovered from Gilberto Morales' 160-acre ranch (ICE)
"For more than a year, Gilberto Morales operated his very own smuggling corridor through his ranch right on the Rio Grande, working with a Mexican drug trafficking organization in smuggling bulk marijuana and undocumented immigrants," U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff said in a prepared statement. "Today's sentence represents just punishment for a defendant who was giving safe harbor to a dangerous Mexican cartel in the United States."
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