SPOKANE, Wash – A Mexican national accused of flooding eastern Washington and Montana with meth and fentanyl will spend nearly two decades in prison.
U.S. District Court Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Luis Esquivel-Bolanos, also known as “Colorado”, to 19 years in prison followed by five years supervised release.
Court documents says the Bureau of Indian Affairs and DEA identified Esquivel-Bolanos as a member of a drug trafficking ring that operated in the Oroville area and on the Colville Indian Reservation…