EVANSVILLE, Ind. — An immigrant lacking permanent legal status was recently sentenced for trafficking drugs from Mexico to southern Indiana.
Javier Moreno-Garibaldi, 38, of Mexico was sentenced to 5 and a half years in federal prison followed by two years of supervised released after he pleaded guilty to distributing over 400 grams of fentanyl.
In May 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration began an investigation into a drug trafficking organization operating in Mexicali, Mexico, trafficking large quantities of fentanyl and methamphetamine through California, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office…