LOS ANGELES – A California chemical importer was sentenced this Friday to spend nearly 19 years in federal prison on charges related to methamphetamine trafficking and money laundering, the United States Department of Justice reported.
A jury found Javier Algredo Vázquez, 56, guilty in July 2023 of conspiring to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine in the United States, among other charges, and on Friday he was sentenced to 18 years and eight months in prison.
According to the indictment, Algredo Vásquez, a New York resident, acquired chemicals, including methylamine with which methamphetamine is manufactured, to deliver it to the Mexican cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG).
The Justice Department said the convict imported more than 5 million kilograms of chemicals into Mexico from the United States, including enough precursors to produce more than 700 million doses of methamphetamine and more than 2 billion doses of fentanyl.
Algredo Vázquez also transferred millions of dollars from the United States to chemical product suppliers in China and India to acquire inputs, it was detailed in a statement.
The CJNG, based in the state of Jalisco in Mexico, “is one of the largest, most dangerous and prolific drug cartels in Mexico and is responsible for the transportation of large quantities of methamphetamine, fentanyl and other drugs to the United States,” noted the Department of Justice.
2024-02-24 04:36:08
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