EL PASO, TX – A man originally from El Paso and a member of Barrio Azteca was sentenced to 16 years in federal jail, according to a statement from the Department of Justice.
US District Judge Kathleen Cardone sentenced William “Happy” Haywood to jail Tuesday, followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to import and distribute methamphetamine, as well as possession of a firearm.
The 40-year-old man pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to import a controlled substance, one count of importing a controlled substance, one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and one count of possession with intent. to distribute a controlled substance.
The events occurred when Customs and Border Protection Officers at the Fabens port of entry arrested Brian Kizer, a 46-year-old U.S. citizen living in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on May 21, 2019, while attempting to smuggle approximately three pounds of crystalline methamphetamine.
Kizer intended to deliver the methamphetamine to Haywood as he had done on three previous occasions.
The FBI then carried out an operation that culminated in a controlled handover to Haywood at his residence. Haywood paid Kizer about $ 3,600 and then tried unsuccessfully to dispose of the evidence just before he was arrested by police.
According to court records, Haywood was on supervised release for a period of three years on a federal firearms conviction when he committed the aforementioned drug offenses.
On the same day that Haywood pleaded guilty to the charges, Judge Cardone sentenced Kizer to four years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release and ordered him to pay a $ 250 fine after pleading guilty to conspiracy to import one. controlled substance, according to authorities.
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