The US Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas says Mauricio Diaz-Abraham admitted to distributing at least 4.5 kilograms of methamphetamine.
SHERMAN, Texas — A man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine from Mexico into Texas, according to the U.S. Department of Justice Eastern District of Texas.
In a press release, officials say 37-year-old Mauricio Diaz-Abraham, who is originally from Mexico, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced on May 12.
Officials say Diaz-Abraham was illegally living in Arlington and was part of an operation responsible for trafficking a large amount of methamphetamine from Mexico into the United States. Diaz-Abraham admitted to distributing at least 4.5 kilograms of methamphetamine.
The case was part of the Homeland Security Task Force initiative, which is dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad.