Major Drug Traffickers Sentenced Across U.S. This Week

Several major federal drug trafficking sentences were issued this week across the United States, involving both U.S. citizens and foreign nationals. In Connecticut, Markeyese Kelly and Jaquan Price received sentences of 11.5 and 10 years for trafficking counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine and fentanyl. Javier Moreno-Garibaldi, a Mexican national in Indiana, was sentenced to 5.5 years for transporting over 60,000 fentanyl pills disguised as oxycodone from Arizona. In Nebraska, William Parrott received 25 years for distributing about 24 pounds of methamphetamine, with added penalties for firearms and using his home as a drug hub. Another defendant, Anastacio Santiago Chaparro, was sentenced to nearly a decade for intending to distribute 10 kilograms of cocaine after multiple illegal reentries into the U.S. These cases illustrate the ongoing federal crackdown on large-scale narcotics trafficking and the significant prison terms imposed.