JACKSON, Wyo. — On Friday, March 28, the Department of Justice’s U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Wyoming reported the sentencing of a previously deported immigrant arrested for drug trafficking and illegal reentry.
Cesar Antancio Torres-Cazares, 36, of La Piedad, Michoacan, Mexico, was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment with three years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and time served for illegal reentry into the U.S. Torres-Cazares will be deported following his imprisonment, the Department of Justice wrote.
According to court documents, in Nov. 2023, the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) began investigating a cocaine drug trafficking organization in the Jackson area. Agents conducted a controlled buy from Torres-Cazares, leading federal agents to his residence, where they found large quantities of cocaine and proof of distribution.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office wrote that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was contacted because Torres-Cazares was not a U.S. citizen and had been previously been removed from the U.S. without permission to reenter.
DCI and ICE investigated the crime, and assistant U.S. Attorneys Seth Griswold and Cameron J. Cook prosecuted the cases. U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson imposed the sentence on March 26 in Cheyenne.
