Man sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to traffic heroin

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — The last defendant in a heroin trafficking conspiracy has been sentenced to prison.

According to the Justice Department, Jose Carlos De Larosa-Lopez was sentenced to ten years in prison and five years probation.

The verdict was announced by U.S. District Judge Andrew P. Gordon.

The other co-defendants in the case were Eduardo Lopez, Jose Luis Marin-Flores, Alfredo Vela-Aguirre, Jose Rivera-Hernandez, Irene Alejo-Hernandez and Luis Alberto Lopez Benitez. According to the Justice Department, they conspired to distribute over three kilograms of heroin, a Schedule I controlled substance.

Previously, six co-defendants were sentenced. Eduardo Lopez was sentenced to 70 months in prison. Jose Luis Marin-Flores was sentenced to 46 months in prison. Luis Alfredo Vela-Aguirre was sentenced to 46 months in prison. Jose Rivera-Hernandez was sentenced to 60 months in prison. Irene Alejo-Hernandez was sentenced to serve time already served. Luis Alberto Lopez Benitez was sentenced to 37 months in prison.

United States Attorney Jason M. Frierson announced the appointment for the District of Nevada, and Assistant Special Agent Kevin Adams for the DEA District Office in Las Vegas.

The Drug Enforcement Agency investigated this case.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Brister.

This effort is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation.

The OCDETF helps identify and dismantle high-level criminal organizations.

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