Suburban Chicago man gets 19 years for drug conspiracy
Posted April 19, 2019 7:00 am
CHICAGO (AP) - A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to more than 19 years in prison after pleading guilty to felony drug conspiracy charges.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says in a news release Thursday that 31-year-old Gabriel Aguilar Velez of Aurora was one of three men arrested as a result of the same investigation that led authorities to seize a total of more than 22 kilograms (48.5 pounds) of heroin and cocaine.
They were arrested after federal authorities in 2017 pulled over a truck in Kane County driven by one of the other men and found the cocaine and heroin hidden in the tire. The other men- Juan Carlos Rivera-Arroyo and Israel Tavison - were convicted and are serving prison sentences of at least 19 years.
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