Luis Manuel Quesada Rodriguez, Alex Rivera Ramos, Pedro Diaz Sentenced to 120 Months for Trafficking Cocaine, York PA, 2023

Three York men, Luis Manuel Quesada Rodriguez, 32, Alex Rivera Ramos, 30, and Pedro Diaz, 27, were each sentenced to 120 months in prison for trafficking cocaine.

According to U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam, between December 2015 and March 2020, the defendants coordinated and received parcels containing kilogram quantities of cocaine sent from Puerto Rico through the U.S. Mail, and then distributed the cocaine in and around York.

Each of the three defendants, along with a fourth co-defendant, Carlos Joel Nieves Ortega, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute between 5 and 15 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride.

As part of the investigation, the government disrupted the organization’s cocaine shipments and seized 7.5 kilograms of cocaine along with $16,895 in drug proceeds.

Co-defendant Carlos Joel Nieves Ortega, 37, of York, was previously sentenced to 120 months in prison for his involvement in the cocaine trafficking conspiracy.

The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Pennsylvania State Police, and the United States Postal Inspection Service.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Samuel S. Dalke and Daryl F. Bloom prosecuted the case.

This prosecution is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation, which identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States.

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