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Two men sentenced for plans of distributing meth in 2022
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Two men have been sentenced in federal court for transporting eight kilograms of methamphetamine.
According to a United States Department of Justice press release, Juan Alvardo-Alvardo, a Mexican national, and Jesus Sanchez, of Joplin, were sentenced following the transport of methamphetamine from Dallas, Texas, to Joplin.
Alvardo-Alvarado was sentenced to 192 months in federal prison without parole with five years of supervised release. The man first pleaded guilty on Sept. 23, 2024.
Sanchez was sentenced to 132 months in federal prison without parole with 5 followed years of supervised release. He first pleaded guilty on Nov. 21, 2024.
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The two men were first found with methamphetamine on May 25, 2022, during a traffic stop by police in Newton County, the release says.
Police say Sanchez admitted during a post-Miranda interview that Alvardo-Alvardo and he had traveled to Dallas to purchase the methamphetamine.
Both men were charged on June 6, 2022, after plans to distribute 500 grams of methamphetamine.
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