Guilty Plea Rocks Cocaine Trafficking Ring
A Dallas man has pleaded guilty to his role in a nationwide large-scale cocaine trafficking conspiracy that spanned from Mexico and Texas to Massachusetts.
Javier Robledo Perez, 39, of Dallas, Texas, pleaded guilty on April 26, 2024 in federal court in Worcester to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.
Perez, a commercial truck driver based out of Dallas, transported approximately 30 kilograms of cocaine across state lines on behalf of a drug trafficking organization based in Mexico and Texas. In May 2020, Perez and his co-conspirators arranged for the delivery of 30 kilograms of cocaine to a cooperating witness in Massachusetts.
In May 2020, Perez was stopped by law enforcement as he traveled into Massachusetts in his commercial semi-truck, from which 30 vacuum sealed bricks, containing approximately 30 kilograms of cocaine, were seized.
The charge of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and the charge of possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine both carry a minimum mandatory sentence of 10 years and up to life in prison, at least five years of supervised release and a fine of up to $10 million.
U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman has scheduled a sentencing hearing for July 19, 2024. Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy; Jodi Cohen, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division; and John E. Mawn, Jr., Interim Colonel of the Massachusetts State Police made the announcement today.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Alathea Porter of the Criminal Division is prosecuting the case. This case is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation.
OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.
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Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: Official Source ↗
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