SOUTH BEND – Javier Gil, 37 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty on his plea of guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
Gil was sentenced to 144 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release.
According to documents in the case, Gil conspired to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine. Gil and his co-defendants took several trips to California to obtain drugs for distribution. During the final trip in December 2017, Gil and two other individuals flew to California, where they obtained 11 kilograms of methamphetamine and cocaine that were loaded into a vehicle headed for the Midwest. The drugs were discovered when the vehicle was stopped by police.
Saul Leal, Gil’s co-defendant, was sentenced to 108 months in prison earlier in April.
This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration with the assistance of the Oklahoma State Police. This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Joel Gabrielse and Kimberly L. Schultz.
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