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Published: 05 October 2016 05 October 2016

ALBUQUERQUE - Andy Garcia, Jr., 43, of Deming, N.M., pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M. to a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Andy Garcia will be sentenced to ten years in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.

Andy Garcia was charged together with co-defendants Leslie Frank Williams, 52, and Domingo Rodriguez, 46, both of Deming, Oscar Garcia, 46, of Oklahoma, and Estella Aguilar, 44, of Tucson, Ariz., in a nine-count indictment filed on April 21, 2016. The indictment alleged that the five co-defendants conspired to distribute methamphetamine from July 2015 through April 2016. It also charged Williams with distributing methamphetamine on four occasions between Jan 2015 and Sept. 2015; Williams and Rodriguez with distributing methamphetamine in Nov. 2015; and Rodriguez, Oscar Garcia and Andy Garcia with possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute in Jan. 2016. The indictment charged Rodriguez, Oscar Garcia and Aguilar with conspiring to commit money laundering offenses in Feb. 10, 2016; and Aguilar with money laundering on Feb. 10, 2016. According to the indictment, the crimes took place in Luna County, N.M. The indictment included forfeiture allegations requiring the co-defendants to forfeit $1,000,000 to the United States.

 

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