Gerardo Madrigal Quintero, a young Mexican man, received a sentence of 29 months imprisonment followed by two years of supervised release. His crime involved a cocaine trafficking conspiracy according to the Department of Justice's official statement. He pleaded guilty to distributing five kilograms or more of cocaine back on July 11, 2023.
Law enforcement targeted a Mexican organization hoping to establish a cocaine network in Boston. This probe brought Quintero's co-defendant, Joel Enrique Armenta Castro. Castro arrived in Boston to facilitate the dissemination of multiple kilograms of cocaine.
Quintero, working with Castro, transported 15 kilograms of cocaine from California to Massachusetts, in his tractor-trailer. Castro then collected this cocaine from Quintero at a service plaza on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Ludlow in August 2022. Established as guilty on September 28, 2023, Castro, the second co-conspirator, earned a four-year prison term with two years of supervised release.
