In a shocking revelation, a man has confessed to a heavy load — hundreds of pounds of liquid meth stashed in a pickup truck fuel tank. Allan Alberto Moreno Trevino, a Mexican national, admitted guilt to U.S. authorities in a case of international drug smuggling with a street value pegged at $340,000, as reported by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The sting went down last November at a Texas port of entry when Trevino, behind the wheel of a 2004 Ford F-250, was tagged for a closer look by border authorities. He must have been sweating bullets as the X-ray flagged oddities in the vehicle's gas tank, and Trevino himself began to show signs of distress, reportedly asking the agents, "if something had been found."
Trevino's nervous antics didn't do him any favors — agents unearthed nine buckets of liquid meth sloshing in a toxic cocktail with gasoline, an estimated 137.2 kilograms of contraband. The 41-year-old purported courier could've netted a small fortune for the risky run, hoping to bank between $1,500 and $2,000, according to documents from the plea.
But that paycheck comes with strings — or shackles — as Trevino, now facing the grim bars of federal detention, waits for U.S. District Judge Diana Saldaña to set a sentencing date where he could face a life term and a $10 million fine, per the Justice Department’s statement. Thanks to eagle-eyed Homeland Security Investigations and Customs and Border Protection, another drug mule will be off the streets while awaiting his fate.
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