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() A Mexican man with links to the notorious Jalisco cartel has been found guilty of trafficking hundreds of pounds of fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine into the states of Washington and Montana.

Luis Esquivel-Bolanos, 45, was found guilty of several drug trafficking and firearms charges after a unanimous verdict from a federal jury, per a U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Washington release.

He will be sentenced July 16 with life imprisonment and removal from the U.S. both possibilities.

Evidence presented at the trial alleges Esquivel-Bolanos said the Jalisco cartel, which provided him with the drugs, would kill an informant.

Per the release, a raid led to the seizure of more than 160,000 fentanyl pills, 80 pounds of methamphetamine, 6 pounds of heroin and 2 pounds of cocaine. In addition, 12 firearms were confiscated.

“The volume of drugs removed from Eastern Washington and Montana communities, including from Tribal land, is staggering,” acting U.S. Attorney Richard Barker said in the release.

“At the time of Mr. Esquivel-Bolanos’s arrest, and even now, the seizure from the Medrano-Bolanos drug trafficking organization was one of the largest ever in rural Washington.”

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