San Jose guy sentenced for 25-pound meth offer he served established up right after heading into personal debt in excess of place of work harm

SAN JOSE — A San Jose resident was sentenced to 5 yrs in federal jail for his involvement in a 25-pound methamphetamine deal that landed him and two others in federal courtroom.

Jose Villalobos-Cisneros was sentenced by U.S. District Choose Edward Chen. In June 2020, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration joined Villalobos-Cisneros to the methamphetamine deal, then tracked him and his brother as they brought a duffel bag with the drugs from Southern California to the Bay Spot.

According to a prosecution sentencing memo, a gentleman named Juvencio Gamez Cid arrived at out to Villalobos-Cisneros for 25 lbs of methamphetamine. Jose Villalobos-Cisneros and his brother, Sergio Villalobos-Cisneros, allegedly retrieved the drugs soon after they’d been smuggled into the United States from Mexico, then drove them to San Jose.

But the DEA had placed a monitoring gadget on the brothers’ car and was observing every single step of the way. After the transfer was built, all three men have been arrested and the bag that contains the medications was seized.

Jose Villalobos-Cisneros pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute extra than 500 grams of methamphetamine, a federal offense, previously this 12 months, documents clearly show.

Prosecutors conceded that Villalobos-Cisneros was determined for cash following likely into debt from a workplace injury in Oct 2019. His attorney wrote in court papers that he owed $30,000.