Denver The U.S. Attorney s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Eber Uriel Perez-Ramirez of Aurora, CO, was sentenced to 10.5 years in federal prison following his prior guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846.
According to the plea agreement and court documents, the defendant acted as a lieutenant in a drug trafficking organization from October of 2019 until February 12, 2020, when he was arrested by agents working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation assigned to the Denver OCDETF Strike Force. The drug trafficking organization brought to Colorado large quantities of illegal drugs from Mexico, including methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. The organization employed a network of interstate load runners, local couriers, multi-pound drug customers, and lieutenants, including the defendant, to coordinate its activities.
This May 25, 2020, file image from a police body camera shows bystanders including Alyssa Funari, left filming, Charles McMillan, center left in light colored shorts, Christopher Martin center in gray, Donald Williams, center in black, Genevieve Hansen, fourth from right filming, Darnella Frazier, third from right filming, as former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was recorded pressing his knee on George Floyd s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds in Minneapolis. Minneapolis Police Department via AP
âSurprising agreement.â Thatâs how a University of Massachusetts Amherst pollster describes results of a national survey that asked Americans about the outcome of the Derek Chauvin trial last week.
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When the Minnesota jury came back Tuesday in the George Floyd case, Raymond Moore was in a packed room in North Adams, surrounded by his wife, seven children, two cousins and neighbors.
Moore says a hush fell around the TV as the judge prepared to read the verdicts against Derek Chauvin. With the first finding of âguilty,â Moore felt a mix of elation and amazement.
And then a trace of hope for Black families everywhere.
âMy heart fell into my stomach. I was ecstatic that that cop was held accountable,â he said.
Moore, a Black Lives Matter activist, says he has followed the case closely, since Floydâs murder May 25 in Minneapolis. Floyd, 46, died after being arrested on suspicion of passing a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning Floyd to the pavement by placing his knee on Floyd s neck for more than nine minutes.
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