Mexican national to serve 19 years in federal prison for drug trafficking
Jul. 28—SAN ANTONIO — A Mexican national was sentenced in a federal court in San Antonio Tuesday to 168 months in prison for one count of possessio...
Jul. 28—SAN ANTONIO — A Mexican national was sentenced in a federal court in San Antonio Tuesday to 168 months in prison for one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, plus 60 months in prison for one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, a U.S. Department of Justice press release detailed. According to court documents, Eduardo Puente, 46, of San Buena, Coahuila, Mexico, a convicted felon with two outstanding Texas arrest warrants, came under an FBI Safe Streets Task Force investigation in January 2022 and was identified as the source of supply for two controlled narcotics purchases of methamphetamine.