BOISE, Idaho — Leonel Burgos-Chavez, 43, of Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in a Boise drug case tied to methamphetamine and fentanyl.
According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Idaho, investigators said Burgos-Chavez used the U.S. Postal Service to send drugs to others involved in Idaho. The release said the case involved about 19 pounds of methamphetamine and 485,000 fentanyl pills.
Officials said Burgos-Chavez had left federal supervision before the crimes and had been deported twice before this case. A judge also ordered five years of supervised release after his prison sentence…