Julio “Primo” Martinez of Riverside and Victor “Hector” Martinez of Hemet were each sentenced to 24 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being in an international drug trafficking conspiracy.
“Defendant Julio Cesar Martinez (‘defendant’) was the decades-long head of a deadly heroin importation and distribution ring that delivered countless doses of heroin to thousands throughout Orange County and Southern California. In return, he and his family laundered millions in proceeds and lived lavishly, built solely on the back of addicts — addicted customers who used to their death and addicted deliverers (and co-defendants) who became criminals to support their heroin habits,” prosecutors argued in a sentencing memorandum.
His own sentencing
