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Date: 09-16-2022

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United States of America v. Rodrigo Alvarez-Quinonez

Case Number: 2:20-cr-00093

Judge: Ricardo S. Martinez

Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (King County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office

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Description: Seattle, Washington criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with
Drug Trafficking - fentanyl, heroin meth and cocaine.

The drug supplier to multiple members of a drug trafficking group distributing fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine throughout the Puget Sound region was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Rodrigo Alvarez-Quinonez, 31, of Selma, California, was convicted following a jury trial in June 2022. Alvarez-Quinonez, was one of twelve people arrested in August 2020 following a year-long wiretap investigation. At the sentencing hearing U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez said: “The defendant was at the top of a large-scale conspiracy to distribute illegal, dangerous, and deadly drugs in the Western District of Washington. One would have to be living under a rock to not know the impact that fentanyl is having on our society, given that deaths from fentanyl have skyrocketed.”

Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances - 21:841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 846
(1)

Possession of Fentanyl with Intent to Distribute - 21:841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), and 18:2
(9)

Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 120 months in custody, 5 years supervised release (standard and special conditions), fine waived, $100 special assessment.

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