FORT WORTH, Texas — Arnoldo Morfin-Arias, aka “Efrain Arias”
and “Pollo,” 44, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge
John McBryde to Life in federal prison following his guilty plea in November
2017 to one count of conspiring to traffic in methamphetamine, announced U.S.
Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
Morfin-Arias was charged in a superseding indictment in
October 2017 along with six others for their roles in a methamphetamine
conspiracy. Twenty-two others have also
been charged in different indictments and informations in connection with
Morfin-Arias for trafficking in methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and for money
laundering. Morfin-Arias operated in the
Dallas/Fort Worth area, and elsewhere in the United States. He has been in custody since the time of his
arrest in California in August 2017.
Documents filed in the cases reveal that since at least
early 2015, Morfin-Arias received large amounts of methamphetamine directly
from a Mexico-based source of supply. In
turn, Arias distributed multi-kilogram quantities of methamphetamine through
multiple Dallas based distributors who have all pled guilty to the
conspiracy.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted the
investigation with assistance from DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshals Service, Arlington
Police Department, Fort Worth Police Department, Dallas Police Department,
Dallas County Sherriff’s Clean Air Task Force, Grand Prairie Police Department,
Denton County Sherriff’s Office, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Office of
Inspector General, the Texas Department of Public Safety, ICE ERO, and Tarrant
County Combined Narcotics Enforcement Team.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn Smith prosecuted.
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