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Ore. meth kingpins get more than decade in prison

The Columbian
Published: March 10, 2010, 12:00am

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Two leaders of a Mexico-based methamphetamine ring that operated in Oregon and Washington state have been sentenced to more than a decade in prison.

Prosecutors said Luis Ramirez-Velasco pleaded guilty to racketeering and conspiracy, and faces a total of 11 years in prison with additional federal immigration charges.

Mario Velasco-Mares received 12 years after pleading guilty to racketeering.

The Salem-based meth ring smuggled drugs from Mexico through California for distribution in Oregon and Washington.

Oregon Attorney General John Kroger said the sentencing Wednesday of the two meth kingpins in Salem concludes Operation Midway, a major drug investigation that stretched from southern Washington to the Willamette Valley in Oregon.

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