SEATTLE, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Seattle Field Office issued the following press release:
Seattle - The young leader of a drug trafficking ring that persisted in bringing large loads of drugs to western Washington despite multiple law enforcement seizures, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 130 months in prison, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. Hector Duran Aldaco, 25, of Federal Way, pleaded guilty in February 2026 to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, and using a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime. Duran Aldaco was the leader of the conspiracy ofmore than a dozen people that were indicted and arrested in May 2024...