WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
SAN DIEGO - Ricardo "Ricky" Orizaba-Zendejas, a Mexican national unlawfully present in the United States, was sentenced in federal court today to 20 years in prison for drug and firearms offenses tied to a violent trafficking organization based in Yakima, Washington.
According to evidence presented at trial in February, Orizaba served as a trusted lieutenant, drug dealer, and enforcer for the organization, which sourced narcotics from Mexico and transported them through Southern California ports of entry through California to Yakima.
Prosecutors established that the organization was linked to the ...