A Rockford, Illinois, man was sentenced in federal court April 14 to over a decade in prison for leading a drug trafficking organization that attempted to bring 30 kilograms of cocaine to the Green Bay area.
Ruben Salgado-Espinoza, 51, pleaded guilty Dec. 5 to conspiring to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine in Green Bay and illegally reentering the country after being deported. He was the last of four defendants to be sentenced.
Salgado-Espinoza and Pablo and Pedro Sifuentes Navarro were arrested by Drug Enforcement Administration agents April 22 after traveling to Green Bay from Rockford, Illinois, with 30 kilograms of cocaine, according to a plea agreement. The cocaine was hidden in a trap built inside a vehicle…