Cocaine Supplied By Los Zetas Mexican Drug Cartel

NOV 08 -- Baltimore, Maryland – On November 5, 2010, U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced James Bostic, age 39, of Baltimore, Maryland to 210 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 110 pounds of cocaine.

The sentence was announced by Special Agent in Charge Ava Cooper-Davis of the Drug Enforcement Administration; United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Baltimore City State’s Attorney Patricia C. Jessamy; and Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III.

“DEA’s investigation of James Bostic was a long-term, highly complex effort.” stated Ava A. Cooper-Davis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration. "The sentence he received is another example of our success in the fight against major Mexican drug cartels operating in the United States,” stated Cooper-Davis

“A substantial portion of the illegal drugs distributed in Maryland are imported from the Mexican border,” said U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein. “This case demonstrates the international ties of a local drug dealer.”

According to Bostic’s plea agreement, from 2005 until February 2, 2010, Bostic received cocaine from the Los Zetas Mexican Drug Cartel, which he and other conspirators distributed.