EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A former Barrio Azteca leader was sentenced last week to 12 years in federal prison for narcotic smuggling operations from Juarez to El Paso, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas, in a news release.
Salvador Garcia-Garcia, aka Ardilla, 56, of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, was responsible for coordinating the shipment of heroin from Juarez to El Paso for the Barrio Azteca organization, according to court documents.
Garcia-Garcia conducted the narcotics smuggling operations from Juarez from Aug. 1, 2010, through on or about Sept. 10, 2014, recruiting other members and associates to smuggle the heroin into El Paso for him…