Drug Cartel Sentences, Murder Trials Show Crackdown

Recent federal court actions included the sentencing of Pablo Tabares-Martinez, a mid-level member of the La Nueva Familia Michoacana cartel, to 10 years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine and cocaine into Georgia, following his extradition from Guatemala. Tejeda-Arias, a Dominican national previously convicted for heroin distribution, received 51 months for illegal reentry and will be deported again after serving his sentence. In separate cases, Keyvon Tahlil Jarrett was convicted of capital murder for the 2022 killing of Edwin Swan in Fayetteville, receiving life without parole, while Kevion Edgerton was sentenced to life for the first-degree murder of his cousin, Keith Mosely, in Asheville. These cases highlight ongoing law enforcement efforts against violent crime and international drug trafficking in U.S. communities.