Five men involved in a drug and money laundering ring have been sentenced.
According to a release from Gregory J. Haanstad, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 32-year-old Mario Rodriguez Diaz of Moxee, Washington, was the leader of the group and was ordered to spend 14 years in prison after being convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.
The two Appleton men, 29-year-old Luis Leon and 39-year-old Julio Vargas-Rodriguez were sentenced to seven and six years, respectively, for their role.
27-year-old Rodrigo Diaz, also from Moxee, Washington, was ordered to spend six and a half years in prison, and 28-year-old Darius Robinson of Tacoma, Washington, was sentenced to six years in prison.
Rodriguez Diaz would get a large amount of Methamphetamine from Mexico and would have the other four men distribute it at a rate estimated to be around three pounds a week.
When the men were arrested, investigators seized around $300,000 in cash, 125 pounds of Meth, several vehicles, and dozens of firearms.