无期徒刑毒枭在监狱内行贿狱警走私手机与合成毒品：Marcos Monarrez Jr. 被联邦法院加判 33 个月
Pittsburgh——美国司法部（DOJ）宾夕法尼亚州西区联邦检察官办公室 10 月 22 日宣布，正在服无期徒刑的 Marcos Monarrez Jr.（27 岁）因在 Cambria County 监狱内参与敲诈勒索团伙活动，被联邦法院加判 33 个月监禁，其后另加 3 年监督释放；新刑期须与现行无期徒刑连续执行。联邦地区法官 J. Nicholas Ranjan 于 10 月 21 日宣判，联邦检察官 Troy Rivetti 公布了这一结果。
据法庭陈述，2023 年 7 月至 12 月前后，Monarrez 在 Cambria County 监狱服刑期间经营该团伙：他贿赂惩教人员与医务人员，将手机与合成毒品 K2 等违禁品偷运入狱，再卖给其他囚犯牟取高额利润；他还指使多名狱外人员为其收付违禁品交易的款项。
Monarrez 现服的无期徒刑，源于他经营持续性犯罪组织、违反联邦「毒枭法」（Kingpin Statute）并参与洗钱的定罪，与一个跨国贩毒组织有关。本案源于 2025 年 7 月公开的一份起诉书：包括 Monarrez 在内共 10 人被控在 Cambria County 监狱内从事敲诈勒索活动；迄今已有 8 名被告认罪，其中 4 人已被判刑。
本案由联邦助理检察官 Maureen Sheehan-Balchon 负责起诉；调查由国土安全调查局（HSI）、联邦调查局（FBI）Safe Streets 专案组、Cambria County 地方检察官办公室与 Cambria County 监狱共同进行。
Lifer Gets 33 More Months: Marcos Monarrez Jr. Sentenced for Racketeering Scheme Run Inside Cambria County Prison
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania announced on October 22 that Marcos Monarrez Jr., 27, who is already serving a life sentence, was sentenced in federal court to an additional 33 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for conducting and participating in the affairs of an enterprise through racketeering activity at the Cambria County Prison. United States District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan imposed the sentence on October 21, 2026, and ordered it to be served consecutively to the life sentence Monarrez is currently serving. United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced the result.
According to information presented to the court, from around July 2023 to around December 2023, while incarcerated at the Cambria County Prison, Monarrez bribed correctional officers and medical staff to smuggle contraband into the prison, namely cell phones and K2, which were then sold to other inmates for a substantial profit. In addition to the bribery, Monarrez directed multiple individuals to send and receive money for the contraband on his behalf.
The life sentence Monarrez is serving stems from his conviction for violating the federal "Kingpin" drug-trafficking statute by operating a continuing criminal enterprise, as well as money laundering, in relation to a transnational drug trafficking organization. In the prison case, Monarrez was among 10 individuals charged in an indictment unsealed in July 2025 with racketeering activity at the Cambria County Prison. To date, eight of the defendants have pleaded guilty, with four now having been sentenced.
Assistant United States Attorney Maureen Sheehan-Balchon is prosecuting the case. The investigation was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Safe Streets Task Force, the Cambria County District Attorney's Office, and the Cambria County Prison.
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