Trucking news and briefs for Tuesday, April 30, 2024:
A Dallas-based truck driver pleaded guilty on April 26 in federal court in Worcester, Massachusetts, for his role in what prosecutors call a “nationwide large-scale cocaine trafficking conspiracy.”
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, truck driver Javier Robledo Perez, 39, pleaded guilty to conspiracy, distribution, and possession charges related to large quantities (more than five kilograms) of cocaine. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 19.
Perez was a truck driver based in Dallas who moved around 30 kilos of cocaine across state lines on behalf of a drug trafficking organization based in Mexico and Texas, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. In May 2020, Perez and his co-conspirators arranged for the delivery of the 30 kilos of cocaine to a cooperating witness in Massachusetts. Perez was stopped by law enforcement as he traveled into the state in his commercial truck; 30 vacuum-sealed bricks were seized after search of the truck.
His two central charges:
Both carry a minimum mandatory sentence of 10 years and up to life in prison, at least five years of supervised release and a fine of up to $10 million. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based on U.S. sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors.
[Related: Driver arrested with approximately 30 kilograms of cocaine in truck]
