HOUSTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration issued the text of the following speech:
A 25-year-old Houston resident has been sentenced for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute meth, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Jesus Alfredo Palacios pleaded guilty Jan. 30.
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen has now ordered Palacios to serve 150 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by five years of supervised release.
The investigation began in January 2020 when law enforcement learned Palacios was selling kilogram quantities of meth in the Houston area.
On March 30, 2021, auth...