August 28, 2012
District of Maryland
(410) 209-4800
BALTIMORE-U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Wade Coats,
age 47, of Baltimore, and Jose Cavazos, age 44, of Midlothian, Texas, today
each to 45 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for
conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. Coats was also
sentenced for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking
crime.
...
"A substantial portion of the illegal drugs distributed in Maryland are
imported from the Mexican border," said U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein.
"This case demonstrates the international ties of a local drug dealer."
According to evidence presented at the five-day jury trial, from 2005 to
February 2010, Coats and his co-defendant James Bostic, age 41, of
Baltimore, Maryland, received cocaine and marijuana from the Los Zetas
Mexican Drug Cartel, which he and other conspirators distributed. From 2005
to April 28, 2009 Cavazos would receive 20-25 kilograms of cocaine from the
cartel twice a month for delivery to Coats. Cavazos or his employees would
drive the cocaine to Baltimore.
Read More:
http://www.fbi.gov/baltimore/press-releases/2012/two-leaders-of-baltimore-dr
ug-ring-exiled-to-45-years-in-prison
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