PHOENIX—On May 9, 2012, Roberto Benjamin
Chavez, 58, of Yuma, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G.
Campbell to seven years and three months in federal prison. Chavez had
previously pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiracy to possess with the
intent to distribute methamphetamine.
According to the plea agreement, Chavez
was involved in a methamphetamine distribution ring between September 2010 and
April 2011. Chavez purchased methamphetamine from Mexican-based drug suppliers
and received the methamphetamine from a body carrier who concealed the drugs on
her body to transport them from Mexico into the United States. In four separate
buys, all of which were monitored by law enforcement, Chavez sold a combined
total of one pound of methamphetamine. The methamphetamine Chavez sold ranged
from 88 percent to 93.8 percent pure methamphetamine.
The investigation in this case was
conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement
Administration. The prosecution is being handled by Kristen Brook, Assistant
U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona, Phoenix.
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