Alvaro Hector Martinez of Perris was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison Jan. 17 for intending to distribute 43 pounds of pure methamphetamine.
Martinez had pleaded guilty to the charges in June 2023.
Martinez was charged following a sting operation, after he sold 872 kilograms of methamphetamine to an informant in February 2021.
Martinez was acting as a middle-man between a Mexican drug provider and the informant.
The next month, the informant called Martinez again and asked for 40 pounds of methamphetamine, two kilograms of heroin and 5,000 fentanyl pills. Martinez agreed.
Riverside Sheriff’s Deputies stopped his car, in which they found
