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Gulfport, Miss. – Manuel De Jesus Pulido-Rodas, 33, of Vera Cruz, Mexico, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 262 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Jere T. Miles, Special Agent in Charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.
Pulido-Rodas pled guilty on August 7, 2018, to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. On January 30, 2018, Pulido Rodas and three others were stopped in a vehicle in Hancock County traveling from Texas to South Carolina. They were transporting approximately 4 kilograms of 99% pure methamphetamine. Pulido- Rodas’s co-conspirators in the vehicle are awaiting sentencing.
The case was investigated by the Homeland Security Investigations and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney John Meynardie.