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Las Cruces Man Sentenced For Meth Trafficking Conviction

 

          

ALBUQUERQUE – Anthony Margarito Berumen, 32, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 42 months in prison followed by six years of supervised release for his conviction on methamphetamine trafficking charges. 

   Berumen was arrested on Feb. 9, 2016, on a criminal complaint charging him with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute on Dec. 9, 2015 and Dec. 15, 2015.  The complaint alleged that Berumen committed the crimes in Dona Ana County, N.M.  According to the complaint, Berumen sold a total of 4.6 grams of methamphetamine to undercover law enforcement agents during two transactions on Dec. 9, 2015, and one transaction on Dec. 15, 2015.

   Berumen was indicted on Aug. 17, 2016, and charged with three counts of distributing methamphetamine.  The indictment was superseded on Sept. 22, 2016, charging Berumen with distributing methamphetamine on Dec. 9, 2015 and Dec. 16, 2015, and distributing methamphetamine in the vicinity of a school on Dec. 9, 2015.

   On Jan. 12, 2017, Berumen pled guilty to the superseding indictment.  In entering the guilty plea, Berumen admitted selling methamphetamine to undercover law enforcement on three occasions in Dec. 2015.  He also acknowledged that one of the drug transactions took place in a middle school parking lot in Las Cruces. 

   This case was investigated by the Las Cruces office of the FBI and the New Mexico State Police and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys John Balla and Sarah M. Davenport of the U.S. Attorney’s Las Cruces Branch Office. 

Information from Departmernt of Justice