Cleveland, Ohio – A Mexican national who played a central role in a massive cocaine distribution scheme in Northern Ohio has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term.
Dionicio Galindo-Salinas, 49, a citizen of Mexico, received a 235-month sentence—just over 19 years—in U.S. District Court on July 28, 2025. Judge John R. Adams imposed the sentence following Galindo-Salinas’s guilty plea in April to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
Court documents revealed that Galindo-Salinas, a criminal illegal alien previously removed from the United States, acted as a supplier for Cleveland-area drug traffickers, including a key conspirator identified as Earl King, 45, of Cleveland…