U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr handed down the sentence to Marco Antonio Gonzalez, 45.
According to prosecutors, he and others stored a large amount of drugs at the dealership and used proceeds from drug sales to purchase vehicles and disguise the source of the funds.Federal authorities said they used homes in Dallas and DeSoto as meth labs and often carried guns at the properties.
Prosecutors learned during the trial that Gonzalez threatened to kill one of his co-conspirators who was scheduled to testify against him. The man testified anyway and told a jury that Gonzalez used his dealership as a front for large-scale drug deals, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Gonzalez also attacked another inmate who he believed would be testifying during his trial. Federal authorities said Gonzalez passed a note to federal agents during the trial, which was believed to be a threat against them.Advertisement
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