Man Sentenced for Trafficking Drugs from Mexico to Florida
BROWNSVILLE – A 33-year-old man who resided in Palmetto, Florida and Pasadena, Texas was sentenced to federal prison for trafficking narcotics from Mexico through Brownsville to Florida.
A federal jury convicted Oscar Sosa Oct. 7, 2016 of conspiring to possess and possessing with intent to distribute three kilograms of meth.
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen ordered Sosa to serve 30 years in prison to be immediately followed by five years of supervised release.
During the trial, three individuals involved in the conspiracy testified that Sosa hired them to bring packages of meth on the bus from Brownsville for delivery to him in Florida. They would carry packages of narcotics on their person while on the bus and successfully delivered the drugs to him in Florida from September 2013 to March 2014.
They were eventually apprehended at the bus station in Harlingen. They pleaded guilty to their roles in the conspiracy and were later sentenced to prison terms ranging from six to 20 years in prison.
The jury also heard that Sosa had familial connections in Mexico who assisted him in crossing the narcotics from Mexico to Brownsville.
He will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility.