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☷Marshalltown Man Sentenced to More Than 20 Years in Prison for His Role in Importing Methamphetamine to Iowa from Mexico
Federal Bureau of Investigation ( By Press Release office)
May 01,2022
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Marshalltown Man Sentenced to Over 20 Years in Prison for His Role in Importing Methamphetamine Iowa from Mexico A Marshalltown man , who was involved in the importation and distribution of thousands of kilograms of methamphetamine , was sentenced today , April 29 , 2022 , to over 20 years in federal prison . Genaro Aguilar Lemus , age 23 , from Marshalltown , Iowa , received the prison sentence after a May 6 , 2021 , guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine . Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that , beginning in 2017 , law enforcement investigated a large - scale methamphetamine trafficking organization operating out of Mexico . The head of the organization , Mario Hernandez , was based in Mexico and worked with others , including Aguilar Lemus , to transport kilogram quantities of methamphetamine into Iowa . Aguilar Lemus was intercepted on a wiretap investigation speaking with Mario Hernandez . He was also intercepted on the wiretap investigation speaking with Travis Werkmeister , a high - ranking member of the organization based out of Waterloo , Iowa . Aguilar Lemus arranged shipments of methamphetamine into Iowa and the transport of currency back to Mexico . Aguilar Lemus would receive pound to kilogram quantities of methamphetamine at a time and would redistribute to others involved in the conspiracy , who would in turn sell to others . Aguilar Lemus was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C . J . Williams . Aguilar Lemus was sentenced to 243 months’ imprisonment . He must also serve a five - year term of supervised release after the prison term and pay a $100 special assessment fee . There is no parole in the federal system . The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ashley Corkery . This case was investigated as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force ( OCDETF ) program of the United States Department of Justice through a cooperative effort of the Mid - Iowa Task Force ( Marshall County Sheriff’s Office , Tama County Sheriff’s Office , Marshalltown Police Department ) , Iowa National Guard and Counter Drug Program , Tri - County Task Force ( Cedar Falls Police Department , Waterloo Police Department , Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office ) , the Federal Bureau of Investigation , the FBI Safe Streets Task Force , the Drug Enforcement Administration , Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement , and the Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco , Firearms , and Explosives . Court file information at https://ecf . iand . uscourts . gov/cgi - bin/login . pl . The case file number is 20 - CR - 2034 . Follow us on Twitter @USAO_NDIA .
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