Christian Gonzalez-Gardea, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Nebraska 2021

Christian Gonzalez-Gardea Sentenced to 135 Months for Methamphetamine Trafficking

Christian Gonzalez-Gardea, a 26-year-old man from Las Cruces, Mexico, was sentenced to 135 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.

Gonzalez-Gardea was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. on February 10, 2021, and will serve a five-year term of supervised release following his imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system.

The crime occurred on January 29, 2020, when deputies with the Seward County Sheriff’s Office conducted simultaneous traffic stops on a Ford F150 pickup truck and a tow truck hauling a Cadillac Escalade while both were traveling on I-80 in Seward County. The Escalade was found to be smuggling 27 pounds of methamphetamine.

Deputies determined that the Escalade had broken down in Hebron, Nebraska, and was being towed to Omaha, Nebraska. Gonzalez-Gardea, the owner of the Escalade, was a passenger in the F150 pickup truck. The driver of the F150 pickup truck, Rex Kmiecik, and a passenger riding with the tow truck, Pedro Robles, were also arrested.

Kmiecik and Robles were also charged with Possessing with Intent to Distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Kmiecik has pleaded guilty and is set for sentencing on September 10, 2021, while Robles is set for trial to begin on November 8, 2021.

This effort was part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation, which identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach.

This case was investigated by the Seward County Sheriff’s Office, the DEA, and the Omaha Police Department.

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