Statesville男子向肯塔基州贩运可卡因获刑156个月：同案两人此前分别获刑60个月与8个月
美国司法部肯塔基东区联邦检察官办公室宣布，北卡罗来纳州 Statesville 男子 Luis Ruiz-Mejia 于2026年10月19日被联邦地区法官 Robert E. Wier 判处156个月监禁，罪名是串谋分销500克或以上可卡因。Ruiz-Mejia 现年48岁。
根据其认罪协议，2024年9月30日至2025年4月2日期间，Ruiz-Mejia 在肯塔基州 Harlan County 等地与他人串谋分销可卡因，并充当同案被告 Rey Velasco-Solis 在北卡罗来纳州的供货来源：Velasco-Solis 多次前往 Ruiz-Mejia 住处取货，再带回 Harlan County 一带分销。缉毒局 DEA 其间向 Velasco-Solis 购得约434克可卡因，全部由 Ruiz-Mejia 供应；两人通话录音还显示双方谈及再购买1公斤可卡因。执法人员搜查 Ruiz-Mejia 住处时查获数支枪支与更多可卡因。
同案的 Velasco-Solis 与 Guillermo Pelaez-Santiago 此前已分别被判处60个月与8个月联邦监禁。此案由 DEA 调查，联邦检察官 Jason Parman 与 DEA 方面共同公布量刑结果，助理联邦检察官 Justin Blankenship 负责起诉。
Statesville Man Sentenced to 156 Months for Conspiracy to Distribute 500 Grams or More of Cocaine
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky announced that Luis Ruiz-Mejia, 48, of Statesville, North Carolina, was sentenced on Monday, October 19, 2026, by U.S. District Judge Robert E. Wier to 156 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
According to his plea agreement, from about September 30, 2024, to about April 2, 2025, in Harlan County, Kentucky, and elsewhere, Ruiz-Mejia conspired with others to distribute cocaine and served as the North Carolina-based source of supply for co-defendant Rey Velasco-Solis. Velasco-Solis traveled to Ruiz-Mejia's home on several occasions to obtain cocaine, then brought it back to the Harlan County area for distribution. The DEA purchased approximately 434 grams of cocaine from Velasco-Solis, all of it supplied by Ruiz-Mejia, and recorded calls captured an agreement to buy an additional kilogram. A search of Ruiz-Mejia's home turned up several guns and additional quantities of cocaine.
Co-defendants Velasco-Solis and Guillermo Pelaez-Santiago were sentenced earlier this year to 60 months and 8 months in federal prison, respectively. The DEA investigated the case. U.S. Attorney Jason Parman and the DEA jointly announced the sentence, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Blankenship prosecuted the case.
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