A Mexican truck driver, Hector Francisco Ramirez-Roman, was sentenced last week to 108 months in prison after pleading guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or More of a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Methamphetamine.
Ramirez-Roman’s prison sentence is to be followed by four years of supervised release. He also was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment. Ramirez-Roman
According to the Department of Justice, Ramirez-Roman was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers on May 21, 2021, while crossing from Mexico into the United States driving his tractor-trailer loaded with cucumbers. Upon inspection, agents discovered that the passenger-side gas tank was filled with a combination of gasoline and liquified methamphetamine. More than 332 kilograms of methamphetamine -approximately 1.3 million individual doses – was removed from the gas tank.