DES MOINES, Iowa — A Tulare, California, man received a life sentence in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Iowa.
United States Attorney David C. Waterman of the Southern District of Iowa says Brian Joaquin Alvarado, 40, led a drug trafficking organization that distributed significant amounts of methamphetamine in the Des Moines area and transported firearms to California.
Evidence showed Alvarado, while serving a prison sentence in California, orchestrated shipments with help from at least five co-defendants, including his son…