Marijuana distributor gets life in prison

[The Straight Story]

Marijuana distributor gets life in prison
Columbus man was tied in with Mexican cartels

Rafael Hernandez-Carillo distributed 22 tons of pot.For three years, a Columbus man was a major link to Mexico's drug cartels, distributing tons of marijuana from central Ohio while reaping millions of dollars.

Now, Rafael Hernandez-Carillo will spend the rest of his life in prison.

Hernandez-Carillo, 31, who lived on the Northwest Side, was sentenced yesterday to life in a federal prison by U.S. District Judge James L. Graham.

A jury had convicted him in September 2009 of operating a continuing criminal enterprise.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/11/04/marijuana-distributor-gets-life-in-prison.html?sid=101

[HopeHoops]

1. Hell, the street value of that is a fraction of what Bush gave Halliburton every six seconds.

[Canuckistanian]

2. Just think....

If marijuana was legal, he'd be a "respected businessman".

[Winterblues]

3. If marijuana was legal many fat cat Republicans would lose their pay check.

I am sure much of the illegal money ends up in Republican coffers..I'm sure some ends up in democrats as well but Republicans are way better criminals..