Two sentenced for drug trafficking in Seattle’s CID, homeless encampments along I-5

Two Seattle-area men were sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle for drug and gun crimes. Isai Gamboa Pacheco, 56, and Sang Tran, 55, pleaded guilty to being involved in drug trafficking in Seattle’s International District and the homeless encampment on I-5 known as “The Jungle.”

The sentencing followed an investigation into the two mid-level dealers, who prosecutors said sold pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine while armed with high-powered guns.

Isai Gamboa Pacheco, of Everett, Washington, received a six-year prison sentence. Sang Tran, of Kent, Washington, was sentenced to 66 months in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Washington…

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