KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and money laundering.
Jose Luis Ramirez, also known as “Guero," 38, of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, to 18 years in federal prison without parole, plus an additional two years for the revocation of his supervised release in another, unrelated case, for a total sentence of 20 years in federal prison without parole.
On May 1, 2015, Ramirez pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine from Jan. 1 to Nov. 27, 2012, and to participating in a conspiracy to engage in money laundering from April 27, 2012, to April 30, 2012.
Ramirez admitted that he supplied co-conspirators with methamphetamine to distribution. Ramirez also admitted that he packed $76,760 in shrink wrap and hid it in a secret compartment of a Ford Expedition, which he paid a co-conspirator to drive to California.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Catherine Connelly. It was investigated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
