ALBUQUERQUE - Oscar Toro, 43, of Fremont, Calif., pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Toro will be sentenced to 57 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
Toro was charged in March 2014, on a criminal complaint alleging that he possessed methamphetamine with intent to distribute on March 4, 2014, in Bernalillo County, N.M. According to the complaint, Toro was arrested after law enforcement seized approximately 3.4 kilograms of methamphetamine from a hidden compartment underneath Toro’s vehicle.
Toro was subsequently indicted on March 26, 2014, and charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
During yesterday’s proceedings, Toro pled guilty to the indictment and admitted that on March 4, 2014, law enforcement officers found 3,415 grams of methamphetamine in a hidden compartment in his vehicle. Toro further admitted that he was given $1,000.00 to drive the methamphetamine from Calif. to Ky., and would later receive another $5,000.00.
Toro is in custody pending a sentencing hearing which has yet to be scheduled.
This case was investigated by the Albuquerque office of the DEA and the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Rumaldo Armijo is prosecuting the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
