A 38-year-old Kent man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for his role in a Western Washington drug trafficking ring.
The U.S. Attorney's Office says Vazquez-Limon was arrested Aug. 2020 while transporting pounds of heroin and meth."Mr. Vazquez-Limon’s drug trafficking widened the circles of those touched by the opioid epidemic, spreading meth, heroin and fentanyl in Western Washington," said Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa Gorman. "He not only trafficked narcotics, he was also a source of firearms for the drug ring.
According to prosecutors, Vazquez-Limon was a high-level distributor in direct contact with drug suppliers in Mexico. Investigators wire-tapped his communications, where he reportedly arranged deliveries of thousands of fentanyl pills and several pounds of meth.In one call, he said he had 75 pounds of meth ready to distribute.
Vazquez-Limon is to serve 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. This federal sentencing will run concurrently with his sentencing in Shasta County, California, where he was arrested with a load of drugs.
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