Four individuals involved in a drug trafficking organization responsible for the distribution of methamphetamine and cocaine in southeastern Pennsylvania have received their sentences.
The drugs were sent through the mail and distributed in various locations, including Reading, Quakertown, Bensalem, Plymouth Township, Coopersburg, and other areas, according to authorities.
In January 2024, four defendants faced charges of drug trafficking offenses and each of them pleaded guilty in late 2023.
Aived “Nephew” Garcia, a resident of Chula Vista, California, received a sentence on Friday for 70 months in prison. Following his prison term, he will be under supervised release for a period of five years.
Miguel “Migz” Aliaga from Whitehall and Avrian “The Kid” Mack from Reading were both given a prison sentence of 60 months, followed by five years of supervised release, earlier this month.
Michael “West Coast” Sanchez, the leader of the organization based in Los Angeles, California, was convicted in January and received a prison sentence of 14½ years, along with five years of supervised release.
The drugs were mailed from California to eastern Pennsylvania by the organization, and then members would pick up the packages for distribution to their dealers.
Sanchez was responsible for organizing, managing, and overseeing the drug shipments. Garcia would travel from California to Pennsylvania to retrieve packages of narcotics, collect owed money, and deposit it into a bank account on behalf of the organization. According to authorities, he, Mack, and Aliaga would then distribute large quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine for the organization.
“These defendants took part in a cross-country conspiracy that brought significant amounts of methamphetamine and cocaine from California to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Nelson S.T. Thayer, Jr. “This office and our law enforcement partners at every level will continue to investigate and prosecute such traffickers, as we work to take illegal drugs off the street and make our communities safer.”
