Reputed meth ring leader gets 32 years

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BOISE — The man reputed to be the leader of a methamphetamine ring has been handed a 32-year sentence in federal prison.

Graciano Marquez-Huazo, 35, Salinas, Calif., was sentenced Monday by 9th Circuit Judge Randy Smith to a total of 394 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for trafficking methamphetamine into Idaho.

U.S. Attorney Tom Moss said Marquez-Huazo headed an organization that distributed large quantities of methamphetamine to the Treasure Valley, beginning around mid-2007. The ring was investigated by State Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration.

On Oct. 29, 2007, Juan Manuel Santoyo was arrested in possession of almost 4 pounds of methamphetamine.

The next day, Marquez-Huazo, Eduardo Frias Cobos, Tomas Gonzalez Roldan, and Judith Islas drove from California to Nampa, Idaho, where they were arrested by State Police and DEA agents as they attempted to deliver 9 pounds of methamphetamine. Marquez-Huazo had a loaded pistol on his person when he was arrested.

In May, a federal jury in Boise found Marquez-Huazo, Frias Cobos, and Gonzalez Roldan guilty of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. The jury also found Marquez-Huazo guilty of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Co-defendant Tomas Gonzalez Roldan was also sentenced on Monday to 120 months in prison and five years of supervised release. Earlier this year, Todd Johnson and Nikki Thiel, both members of Marquez-Huazo’s group, were sentenced to federal prison.

Other members will be sentenced later.

The federal prosecution of Marquez-Huazo and the gang was part of Moss’s Idaho methamphetamine Initiative.

“We want to work with other law enforcement agencies to end the distribution of methamphetamine in Idaho,” Moss said.

By Journal Staff

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