A former San Diego-based U.S. Marine who coordinated the trafficking of fentanyl and other drugs into the United States was sentenced Friday to 12 years in federal prison.
While stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Roberto Salazar II recruited people to work as couriers -- including fellow former Marines -- to transport drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
His plea agreement outlined a few of these events, including one occasion where Salazar paid a classmate at Southwestern Community College to drive a car loaded with drugs across the border, then deliver the product to various locations for further distribution. Defense attorney Andrew Nietor argued for a sentence of just over eight years and said his client was"extremely remorseful and ashamed of his conduct."
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