Mexican national gets 25 years for meth trafficking in Manatee County

TAMPA, Fla. (WWSB) – A Mexican national has been sentenced for 25 years for trafficking methamphetamine in Manatee and Hillsborough counties, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Thursday.

Lorenzo Valerio-Popoca, 31, had been found guilty in July of conspiring to distribute and for distributing methamphetamine.

Valerio-Popoca was indicted in 2019 for trafficking methamphetamine in the Middle District of Florida…

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