An Anthony, New Mexico, man was sentenced to nearly three decades in federal prison for leading a drug trafficking organization dealing cocaine throughout Texas, New Mexico and Colorado, authorities said.
Gilberto “G” Hernandez, 30, was sentenced Jan. 22 to 27 years and three months in federal prison on each of eight counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas officials said.
The drug trafficking group led by Hernandez, who is from Anthony, New Mexico, is referred to in court documents as the “Hernandez drug trafficking organization.”
Hernandez and a group of men allegedly distributed about 58 kilos of cocaine throughout Texas, New Mexico and Colorado from August 2021 to November 2022, officials said.
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“In a little over a year, the Hernandez DTO (drug trafficking organization) peddled over 127 pounds of cocaine throughout Texas, New Mexico and Colorado,” U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas Jaime Esparza said in a statement. “I applaud the DEA for their diligence and persistence in taking down this drug organization.”