Ramon Diego Pacheco, Methamphetamine Distribution, Minnesota 2022

A federal jury has found Ramon Diego Pacheco, 42, of Granite Falls, Minnesota, guilty of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine.

The conviction comes after a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright, where Pacheco was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

According to the evidence presented at trial, law enforcement began investigating a methamphetamine trafficking organization in the Twin Cities in late 2018. The investigation revealed that Scott Velisek, one of Pacheco’s co-conspirators, was receiving large shipments of methamphetamine and selling pound-level quantities to a regular stable of customers.

Pacheco was one of several of Velisek’s customers who then sold smaller amounts of methamphetamine to others. His co-conspirators, Scott Joel Velisek, Elizabeth Reeves Sporleder, Del Corey Crandell, Leslie Marie Cloud, and Nicole Lee Chaparro, previously pleaded guilty to their roles in the drug trafficking organization.

This case was the result of an investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, and the Renville County Sheriff’s Office.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Nathan H. Nelson, and tried by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lauren O. Roso and Lindsey E. Middlecamp.

A sentencing hearing will be scheduled at a later time.

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