The US Attorney’s Office for Eastern WA says a man already in jail for a murder charge will get another 30 years for his role in overseeing a drug ring from jail.
The suspect was in the Spokane County jail
Officials said 33-year-old Alexandro Aguilar was serving time for the murder charge when in late 2022, he began to correspond with 27-year-old Kassandra M. Montelongo. She and another accomplice 25-year-old Luis Lara, began running the operation under his direction.
Between December 2022 and January 2023, Federal undercover agents in the Spokane Valley purchased 7 lbs. of meth and 7,700 fentanyl pills from the suspects. Another person involved, Jose Garcia, also ended up being arrested. Additional purchases of smaller amounts were made to add to the evidence.
In June of 2023, agents raided Montelopngo’s home in Sunnyside and confiscated a large cache of drugs, guns, and cash, according to the US Attorney’s Office:…