Va. U.S. Attorney: Honduran Cartel Boat Captain Sentenced for Trafficking Tons of Cocaine to the United States
May 09, 2024
May 09, 2024
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on May 8, 2024:
A Honduran national was sentenced yesterday to 13 years in prison for moving prodigious amounts of cocaine bound for the United States.
Erasmo Avila Palacios, aka Nelsi Erasmo Avila or "Monstruo," 49, was a prominent boat captain and long-time trusted associate of the Montes Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) ba . . .
A Honduran national was sentenced yesterday to 13 years in prison for moving prodigious amounts of cocaine bound for the United States.
Erasmo Avila Palacios, aka Nelsi Erasmo Avila or "Monstruo," 49, was a prominent boat captain and long-time trusted associate of the Montes Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) ba . . .