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Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez Sentenced to Life in Prison for Cocaine-Importation and Weapons Offenses
New York – Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez was sentenced to life in prison for cocaine-importation and weapons offenses.
A jury convicted Fuentes Ramirez in March 2021 after a two-week trial. The sentence was imposed by the Honorable P. Kevin Castel, who also presided over the trial.
Fuentes Ramirez, 52, was convicted of importing tons of cocaine into the United States and protecting his illicit drug business with machineguns. In committing his narcotics crimes, Fuentes Ramirez bribed high-ranking Honduran officials and was responsible for brutal acts of violence and murder.
As reflected in the Superseding Indictment, public filings, and the evidence presented at trial, Fuentes Ramirez worked with others to receive cocaine shipments sent to Honduras over air and maritime routes, and to transport cocaine that he produced at a laboratory in the Cortés Department of Honduras.
Fuentes Ramirez provided security for the facility, and for the transportation of cocaine, using heavily armed workers and Honduran police and military personnel. On several occasions between approximately 2010 and 2013, Fuentes Ramirez helped arrange or directly participated in drug-related violence.
Aside from the prison term, Fuentes Ramirez was sentenced to five years of supervised release. In addition, Fuentes Ramirez was ordered to forfeit $151.7 million.
The United States Attorney’s Office praised the outstanding efforts of the DEA’s Special Operations Division Bilateral Investigations Unit, New York Strike Force, and Tegucigalpa Country Office, as well as the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs.
This prosecution 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.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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