Posted on 04/21/2011 7:54:45 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
McALLEN — Sullivan City’s former police chief received a 10-year prison sentence for his role in a drug trafficking ring busted by federal authorities last year.
Hernan Guerra Jr. and seven other men learned their sentences at a hearing Wednesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in McAllen.
Guerra’s sentence came after he pleaded guilty for his role safeguarding Mexican drug traffickers moving more than 2 tons of marijuana through Sullivan City.
FBI agents arrested Guerra, 45, last June at the Sullivan City Police Department. At Wednesday’s sentencing hearing, it was revealed that investigators had used wire taps to gather evidence on Guerra and others involved in the conspiracy.
“I am sorry for what I did,” Guerra told U.S. District Judge Randy Crane at his sentencing hearing.
“When you do something like this, you cause people to lose confidence in our government,” the judge told Guerra.
Crane revealed that federal investigators had tapped Guerra’s phone lines, during which he “seemed to scoff” at the idea of getting arrested for his role in the trafficking scheme.
“I remember being appalled at some of the things you were saying on the wire taps,” Crane said.
Guerra faced a minimum 7-year, 4-month prison sentence for his role in the drug conspiracy. But because he was a police chief who betrayed his department, Crane upped the sentence to 10 years in prison with four years of probation.
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Far too many local cops and federales getting arrested and going to prison for aiding in the Mexican Dope Wars lately...
A “war on drugs” can never be fought in a society with freedom and free enterprise.
Pot is worth its weight in $20 bills. This is the cheapest drug by far and easier to grow than basil. Yet, users are still willing to pay more. Dealers are willing to risk life in prison and death to grow literal money trees. Nothing short of a police state can stop this.
There must be a war on the reasons people become addicted to drugs or countless other vices. It is always from psychological trauma or mental illness. We treat these sick people like criminals for trying to escape their untreated illness.
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