A second federal defendant admitted his role in an illicit narcotics network connected to the largest seizure of crystal methamphetamine in New Jersey history, entering a guilty plea in Camden federal court. Carlos H. Cordero-Gutierrez pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute substantial quantities of methamphetamine. The plea follows an intensive interagency investigation spearheaded by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, and local law enforcement partners targeting organized narcotics distribution corridors across the Mid-Atlantic.
Court filings revealed that federal agents intercepted shipments containing hundreds of kilograms of high-purity methamphetamine concealed in commercial freight shipments moving through regional transit hubs. Cordero-Gutierrez acknowledged participating in the logistical coordination and warehousing of the contraband for downstream street-level distribution. Under the terms of the federal plea agreement, the defendant faces substantial statutory prison time, significant monetary penalties, and judicial forfeiture of proceeds derived from the unlawful enterprise when sentenced by the district judge.
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https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/second-defendant-largest-methamphetamine-seizure-new-jersey-history-admits-drug