Cobb Drug Ring to Spend 141 Years in Federal Prison

A federal judge today sentenced 10 members of a Cobb County drug ring to a combined 141 years and four months in federal prison.

The dismantling of that drug ring began Feb. 2, 2012, when agents learned of Nemias Cintora-Gonzalez's plan to assault a fellow drug dealer with an outstanding $2,700 drug debt, said Bob Page, the spokesman for the office of United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates.

That night, agents executed a federal search warrant at Cintora-Gonzalez's Smyrna apartment. Inside the apartment, they found 13 handguns, four assault rifles, more than $11,000 in counterfeit U.S. currency, drugs, police gear, stun guns and more, Page said.

Cintora-Gonzalez and five others were arrested that evening. Between Feb. 23 and May 16, 2012, federal made three more arrests in Cobb. During one of those arrests, agents found more than 909 grams of methamphetamine on dinner plates inside a Marietta residence, Page said.

Eight defendants pleaded guilty after they were indicted. Cintora-Gonzalez and another defendant were convicted following a federal jury trial. United States District Judge Orinda Evans sentenced:

• Nemias Cintora-Gonzalez, 30, of Smyrna, to 29 years, 4 months in prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. He was convicted on Feb. 22, 2013, of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; possession of a firearm by an alien unlawfully and illegally in the United States; and possession of counterfeit federal reserve notes with the intent to defraud.
• Jorge Armando-Reyes, 31, of Smyrna, to 17 years, 6 months in prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Armando-Reyes was convicted on Feb. 22, 2013, of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; possession of a firearm by an alien unlawfully and illegally in the United States; and possession of counterfeit federal reserve notes with the intent to defraud.
• Alvaro Carraza Echeverria, 50, of Marietta, to 21 years in prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Echeverria pleaded guilty on Oct. 23, 2012, to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
• Jose Vazquez Estrada, 35, of Marietta, to 15 years, 7 months in prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Estrada pleaded guilty on May 25, 2012, to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine and illegal re-entry by a removed alien.
• Pedro Gutierrez Valdiviez, 48, of Marietta, to 18 years, 9 months in prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Valdiviez pleaded guilty on July 2, 2012, to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
• Edgar Cintora-Gonzalez, 26, of Smyrna, was sentenced to 11 years, 8 months in prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Edgar Cintora-Gonzalez pleaded guilty on May 29, 2012, to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and possession of a firearm by an alien unlawfully and illegally in the United States.
• Israel Edgardo Revera-Pacheco, 29, of Smyrna, was sentenced to 10 years in prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Revera-Pacheco pleaded guilty on May 4, 2012, to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and possession of a firearm by an alien unlawfully and illegally in the United States.
• Victor Hugo Morales-Avila, 35, of Smyrna, was sentenced to 9 years, 4 months in prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Morales-Avila pleaded guilty on Feb. 19, 2013, to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; possession of a firearm by an alien unlawfully and illegally in the United States; and illegal re-entry by a removed alien.
• Maria Yobal Perez, 51, of Marietta, was sentenced to 8 years, 1 month in prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Yobal Perez pleaded guilty on Aug. 30, 2012, to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
• Brenda Perez, 31, of Marietta, was sentenced to 1 year probation.  erez pleaded guilty on May 4, 2012, to misprision of a felony (concealing and failing to report her co-defendants’ illegal drug activities.)