墨西哥毒枭在圣迭戈认罪：利用未成年少女与超轻型飞机走私冰毒逾180公斤
一名墨西哥毒枭在加利福尼亚州圣迭戈县的圣迭戈联邦法院认罪。美国司法部加利福尼亚南区联邦检察官办公室宣布，此前自墨西哥被引渡到美国的 Marco Antonio Lopez-Guerrero 已就共谋进口冰毒认罪，认罪协议显示其组织走私进美国的冰毒逾 180 公斤。
据认罪协议，Lopez-Guerrero 领导一个总部在墨西哥的贩毒组织，招募未成年少女与年轻成年女性替组织走私冰毒进入美国。他还承认，其组织用超轻型飞机把冰毒与芬太尼飞越边境运入美国，该组织走私进美国的毒品包括冰毒逾 180 公斤、芬太尼 19 公斤与海洛因 2 公斤。
Lopez-Guerrero 还承认，他曾安排把钱、枪支与弹药从美国反向走私到墨西哥。此案案号为 20-cr-2054-JO，他认罪的罪名是共谋进口冰毒，法定刑为最低 10 年、最高终身监禁。
此案由助理联邦检察官 Paul Benjamin 起诉，前助理联邦检察官 Lawrence Casper 对调查与起诉有重要贡献。侦办机构包括缉毒局（DEA）、国土安全调查局（HSI）、Imperial 县警长办公室与美国边境巡逻队 El Centro 分区，调查属国土安全特别工作组行动的一部分。
Mexican Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty in San Diego: Used Minors and Ultralight Aircraft to Smuggle Over 180 Kilograms of Methamphetamine
A Mexican drug trafficker has pleaded guilty in federal court in San Diego, San Diego County, California. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California announced that Marco Antonio Lopez-Guerrero, who was previously extradited from Mexico to the United States, pleaded guilty to conspiring to import methamphetamine, admitting his organization smuggled more than 180 kilograms of methamphetamine into the United States.
According to the plea agreement, Lopez-Guerrero led a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization that recruited juvenile girls and young adult women to smuggle methamphetamine into the United States. He also admitted that his organization flew methamphetamine and fentanyl over the border in ultralight aircraft, and that the organization smuggled more than 180 kilograms of methamphetamine, 19 kilograms of fentanyl and two kilograms of heroin into the United States.
Lopez-Guerrero also admitted to orchestrating the smuggling of money, guns and ammunition from the United States to Mexico. The case is numbered 20-cr-2054-JO, and the charge he pleaded guilty to, conspiracy to import methamphetamine, carries a mandatory minimum of 10 years to life in prison.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Benjamin, and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Lawrence Casper contributed significantly to the investigation and prosecution. The investigating agencies include the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, the Imperial County Sheriff's Department and U.S. Border Patrol, El Centro Sector, and the investigation is part of the Homeland Security Task Force initiative.
来源：美国司法部
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