Roswell Woman Sentenced to 10 Years for Methamphetamine Trafficking
Monica Vega, 36, of Roswell, N.M., has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for her conviction on methamphetamine trafficking charges.
Vega will serve her prison sentence followed by 5 years of supervised release. She was arrested on November 17, 2017, on a three-count indictment charging her with methamphetamine trafficking and firearms offenses.
The indictment charged Vega with possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute on April 20, 2017, and October 20, 2017, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime on April 20, 2017. The crimes were committed in Chaves County, N.M.
On June 19, 2018, Vega pleaded guilty to a two-count felony information charging her with possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. In entering the guilty plea, Vega admitted to possessing 57.8 grams of methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, and $1,083 when law enforcement agents executed a search warrant at her residence on April 20, 2017.
Vega also admitted to possessing 33.6 grams of methamphetamine when New Mexico State Police officers arrested her on a traffic violation on October 19, 2017. Vega acknowledged that she planned to distribute the methamphetamine to others for money.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearm and Explosives, Homeland Security Investigations, the Roswell Police Department, New Mexico State Police, and the HIDTA Chaves County Metro Narcotics Task Force.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Dustin C. Segovia and John Balla of the U.S. Attorney’s Las Cruces Branch Office prosecuted the case.
The HIDTA Chaves County Metro Narcotics Task Force is comprised of investigators from the Roswell Police Department, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the FBI, and the Chaves County Sheriff’s Office.
The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program was created by Congress with the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. HIDTA is a program of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) which provides assistance to federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies operating in areas determined to be critical drug-trafficking regions of the United States and seeks to reduce drug trafficking and production by facilitating coordinated law enforcement activities and information sharing.
Key Facts
- State: New Mexico
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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