Posted on 02/14/2020 11:48:58 AM PST by CedarDave
A South Side Locos street gang member arrested on drug and weapons charges told members of an FBI task force that – in addition to drugs and cash – he had a machine gun and other firearms in his house because Albuquerque is “a crazy place” and “very violent.”
The agents were investigating a gang that was robbing street-level drug dealers when they raided the home of Manuel Humberto Bolivar, 21, earlier this month.
Bolivar, who is known as “Manny,” “Gino,” “G” and “Little Sapo,” was charged in federal court with possession of a machine gun, possession of methamphetamine and fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
After arranging for undercover drug purchases from Bolivar, agents conducted a predawn raid on his home in Southwest Albuquerque, finding 3 pounds of methamphetamine, almost $16,000 in cash, five pistols and two rifles, 96 fentanyl tablets, 155 packaged strips of suboxone, a bulletproof vest, and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
A lower-level drug dealer had told agents that Bolivar was a “big-time plug” who had supplied him with drugs more than a thousand times. The lower-level dealer told agents Bolivar received drugs from an organization in Mexico.
Federal court documents identified Bolivar as a member of the South Side Locos ... The South Side Locos gang originated in Southern California and has factions in Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada.
If convicted, Bolivar faces a minimum of 10 years to life in prison for methamphetamine possession, up to 20 years in prison for fentanyl possession, up to 10 years in prison for possession of a machine gun, and a consecutive sentence of a minimum of five years in prison for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
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Actually it’s a minimum of 15, assuming he’s convicted on the meth charge and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The meth charge has a mandatory minimum 10 and the firearm in furtherance is 5 years consecutive to any other sentence. The other charges have no mandatory minimums, only maximums. In any event, he’s in hot water!
but he coudl get as little as 5 years
Thanks for the correction. I just totalled up
the years stated in the article.
No problem! I did federal criminal defense almost exclusively the last 5 years, so I can total up the minimums and maximums pretty quick :)
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