A Mexican national has been sentenced to four years and four months in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
According to court documents, on November 15, 2023, Jesus Alejandro Ibarra-Morales, 30, had crossed into the United States at the Veteran’s International Bridge-Los Tomates Port of Entry at Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and Brownsville, Texas, using his border crossing card, and driving a Chevrolet Suburban with Mexico license plates.
Ibarra-Morales then picked up two car dollies, the axles of which were packed with 15 bricks of cocaine, with a total weight of over 15 kilograms.
Law enforcement agents received information that a shipment of narcotics was being transported from Texas to Richmond, Virginia, and on November 27, 2023, agents learned that the Suburban was near the drop location in Richmond. Agents stopped the vehicle and identified Ibarra-Morales as the driver.
A drug detection canine alerted to the presence of illegal controlled substances on the car dollies, and a search of the axles resulted in the recovery of the cocaine.
Jessica D. Aber, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Derek W. Gordon, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Washington, D.C.; and Colonel Gary T. Settle, Virginia State Police Superintendent, made the announcement after sentencing by Senior U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson.
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