A person was sentenced in federal court on Friday for his part in a drug-trafficking group that brought drugs from Mexico into the United States by driving under the influence of college students.
According to the U. S. lawyer Tara McGrath’s business, Fernando Castro Bazan, 32, was involved in hiring individuals as young as 18 years old to carry large quantities of methamphetamine through the southwestern boundary.
Castro Bazan, also known as” Benji” or” Benji Banks”, used his status as a club promoter and amateur musician to hire numerous young adult drivers. As explained by the attorney’s office, he would lure prospective transporters by convincing them it was “easy money” and also offer” all- expenses- paid” trips to Mexico.
For some of his hired drivers, it turned out to be too good to be true. Many of them were detained at the border and found guilty of drug trafficking in a criminal offense.
U.S. District Judge Jinsook Ohta stated at the hearing on Friday that Castro Bazan had a” catastrophic and terrible impact on the lives of young people — teenagers— who had the misfortune to come across his path.”
U.S. attorney McGrath made a comment on the case, saying,” Not only did this defendant import massive amounts of a deadly drug into our community, he also took advantage of young people who did n’t realize the enormous risk involved. He threw college-age children into traffickers, and he will receive a significant sentence for it.
Castro Bazan served a 12-year prison sentence for his involvement in this drug trafficking organization. In addition to his involvement in a distribution conspiracy, he faces additional drug charges in California’s Eastern District.
