Boston –
A federal court in Worcester handed down a sentence to a guy from Dallas today for his part in a massive cocaine trafficking conspiracy that spanned the country.
Judge Margaret R. Guzman of the United States District Court handed down a 49 1/2-month prison sentence to 39-year-old Javier Robledo Perez, with time served, followed by two years of supervised release, according to the Massachusetts Department of Justice.
The charges against Perez, which included conspiracies to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, were brought to light in April 2024 when he entered a guilty plea.
For a narcotics ring operating out of Mexico and Texas, Perez, a Dallas-based commercial truck driver, crossed state lines with about 30 kg of cocaine.
Perez and his accomplices planned the shipment of 30 kg of cocaine to a Massachusetts cooperating witness in May of 2020. Thirty vacuum-sealed bricks, each holding around thirty kilograms of cocaine, were confiscated from Perez in May 2020 when he was apprehended by law enforcement officials while traversing Massachusetts in his commercial semi-truck.
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The statement was made today by Acting US Attorney Joshua S. Levy, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Boston Division Jodi Cohen, and Interim Colonel of the Massachusetts State Police John E. Mawn, Jr. The Laredo and Dallas Divisions of the Drug Enforcement Administration were of great assistance. This case was prosecuted by Alathea E. Porter, an assistant US attorney from the criminal division.
The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force is involved in this case. OCDETF is a multi-agency task force that works under the direction of federal prosecutors to disrupt and destroy transnational criminal organizations that pose a threat to the United States.