ALBUQUERQUE – Nicholas Baca, 31, a member of a Taos County-based heroin trafficking ring, has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a heroin trafficking charge.
Under the terms of his plea agreement, Baca faces up to 33 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
Baca is one of nine defendants charged with heroin trafficking and money laundering offenses as the result of a 15-month DEA-led multi-agency investigation into a heroin trafficking organization led by Ivan Romero, 40.
During today’s proceedings, Baca pled guilty to a felony information charging him with conspiracy to distribute heroin.
In entering the guilty plea, Baca admitted that in early 2015 he began obtaining approximately 6 grams of heroin from Ivan Romero on a daily basis to sell to others in and around Questa, N.M.
According to the plea agreement, law enforcement seized approximately 6.2 grams of heroin from Baca on April 2, 2015, in Taos, N.M.
Six of Baca’s co-defendants previously entered guilty pleas in the case, including Ivan Romero, Ricco Romero, Melissa Romero, Tyler Baker, Elena Carabajal, and Wilma Romero.
According to the admissions contained in the plea agreements of the defendants who have entered guilty pleas as well as other court filings, Ivan Romero was the leader of a heroin trafficking organization based in Taos County.
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Key Facts
- State: New Mexico
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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