NM man pleads guilty to narcotics trafficking, conspiracy charges
Plea agreement requires imposition of 13-year prison sentence
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A New Mexico man pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to narcotics trafficking and conspiracy charges.
Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigated this case.
Under the terms of his plea agreement, Ramiro Trevizo-Granillo, 33, will be sentenced to 156 months in federal prison and a term of supervised release that will be determined by the court.
Trevizo-Granillo, from Deming, New Mexico, was arrested July 30, 2015, on a criminal complaint charging him with participating in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy and conspiracy to tamper with a witness.
The criminal complaint alleged that Trevizo-Granillo provided an individual with 30 grams of methamphetamine July 4, 2014, with the understanding that the purchaser would be selling the drugs to others. The complaint further alleged that while Trevizo-Granillo was detained on the aforementioned methamphetamine distribution charge, he engaged in a recorded telephone conversation with another person during which he discussed a scheme to prevent a witness from testifying against him.
Trevizo-Granillo was subsequently indicted Oct. 15, 2015, and charged with participating in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy July 4, 2014, in Luna County, New Mexico, and conspiracy to tamper with a witness in July 2015.
During Wednesday’s proceedings, Trevizo-Granillo pleaded guilty to the indictment and admitted that July 4, 2014, he sold 30 grams of methamphetamine to another person. Trevizo-Granillo further admitted that in July 2015, he had a conversation with a friend about making a cooperator involved in his case “disappear” so the cooperator would not testify against him.
Trevizo-Granillo remains in federal custody pending a sentencing hearing which has yet to be scheduled.
This case was investigated by HSI Deming and the Deming Police Department.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark A. Saltman, District of New Mexico-Las Cruces Branch Office, is prosecuting this case.
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