Calif. U.S. Attorney: Drug Trafficker Who Used College-Age Drivers to Import Methamphetamine Sentenced to 12 Years
May 17, 2024
May 17, 2024
SAN DIEGO, California, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release:
Fernando Castro Bazan, a Los Angeles-based drug trafficker, was sentenced in federal court today to 12 years in prison for his leadership role in a drug trafficking organization that employed drivers as young as 18 years old to import large quantities of methamphetamine into the United States from Mexico in the gas tanks of rental cars.
Fernando Castro Bazan, a Los Angeles-based drug trafficker, was sentenced in federal court today to 12 years in prison for his leadership role in a drug trafficking organization that employed drivers as young as 18 years old to import large quantities of methamphetamine into the United States from Mexico in the gas tanks of rental cars.