LEXINGTON, Ky.- A Mexican National illegally in the U.S.,
Roberto Bernal Salas, also known as Enrique Navarrette Salas, 43, was sentenced
on Tuesday to 66 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Karen
Caldwell, for distributing cocaine.
Salas admitted that on July 2, 2019, he agreed to sell two
kilograms of cocaine to a cooperating witness. On the same day, after the
exchange, Salas admitted that officers found an additional 1.5 kilograms of
cocaine, as well as $33,000 in cash.
Salas pled guilty in October 2019.
Under federal law, Salas must serve 85 percent of his prison
sentence and will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for
three years.
Robert M. Duncan, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern
District of Kentucky; James Robert Brown, Special Agent in Charge of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation-Louisville Field Office; John Condon, Special
Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); and Chief Lawrence
Weathers, Lexington Police Department, jointly made the announcement.
The investigation was directed by the FBI, HSI, and LPD. The
United States was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Roger West.
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