Defendant in Mexican Drug Conspiracy Case Sentenced to Fifteen Years and Eight Months
- $25,000 in cash and 3 vehicles seized for forfeiture

OCT 17 -- PADUCAH, KY - U.S. Attorney David L. Huber of the Western District of Kentucky announced today that Levi Mendivil Vega a/k/a “Javier” a/k/a “Emmanuel Perez Ramos”, age 23, illegally in the United States and subject to deportation, was sentenced to 15 years and 8 months imprisonment in United States District Court, for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams (approximately one pound) or more of methamphetamine. Vega is the last of twelve defendants sentenced in a case in which approximately $400,000 worth of methamphetamine was seized. Vega is currently serving a separate federal prison term of 15 years and 8 months for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine in the District of Arizona, Phoenix Division. Thomas B. Russell, Judge, United States District Court, also sentenced Vega to 5 years supervised release following incarceration. There is no parole in the federal judicial system.
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