BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A 25-year-old resident of Brownsville
has been ordered to prison for 300 months for his role in recruiting a female
to carry almost four kilograms of “ice” to Louisiana, announced U.S. Attorney
Ryan K. Patrick. Emmanuel Ravell pleaded guilty Oct. 31, 2017.
Today, U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. imposed
the sentence noting the serious nature of the trafficking in methamphetamine as
well as the defendant’s prior lengthy criminal history. Ravell was further
order to serve five years of supervised release following the sentence. He was
also was sentenced to a concurrent 120 months for being a felon in possession
of more than three firearms.
In 2016, Ravell was contacted by a local drug trafficking
organization to find a drug “mule” to get a load of methamphetamine to
Louisiana. Ravell recruited a young female from Brownsville to carry the load
on a commercial bus line. Law enforcement intercepted the woman carrying the
approximately-four kilograms of methamphetamine on her person. Ravell had
strapped the drugs to her. .
Ravell was a convicted felon ineligible to purchase a
firearm. However, in 2017, he purchased three firearms, including an AR-15, GGI
rifle and .50 caliber Desert Eagle pistol.
Ravell remains in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau
of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.
The Drug Enforcement Administration, FBI and Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives conducted the joint investigation.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Karen Betancourt and Angel Castro prosecuted the case.
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