Richard Jasso, Methamphetamine Distribution and Possession, Texas 2016

LUBBOCK, Texas – In a shocking turn of events, Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings sentenced Richard Jasso, 39, of San Angelo, Texas, to life in federal prison on one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute 50 grams of more of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting.

The life sentence was handed down after a federal jury conviction in November 2016 and comes on the heels of a lengthy investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the San Angelo Police Department.

Jasso, who has been in custody since his arrest on July 13, 2016, was convicted alongside 11 other defendants in an indictment stemming from their respective roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in San Angelo.

The indictment, which was part of a joint Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) operation, charged various felony offenses, including distribution and possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.

According to the government, the evidence presented at trial showed that Jasso delivered 54 net grams of pure methamphetamine to an individual working at the direction of the DEA. The buy took place in San Angelo.

With Jasso’s sentence, all 12 defendants charged in the indictment have been sentenced to federal prison. The sentences include:

Rudolfo Ledesma Castaneda, Jr., 31, was sentenced to 360 months; Nancy Ann Flores, 41, received 15 months; Adam Gabriel Castaneda, 30, was sentenced to 10 years; Daniel Roy Lombrana, 29, received 87 months; Jesse Huerra, 31, was sentenced to life; Antonio N. Flores, 52, received 70 months; Bruno Rudolfo Velasquez, 32, was sentenced to 60 months; Joe Lopez, III, 33, received 125 months; Jose G. Montez, 38, was sentenced to 151 months; Shayna Kaye McCann, 24, received 10 months; and Silvia Prado, 36, of Austin, Texas, had her charges dismissed.