What got me about this AP article is that the defendant is an illegal alien.
No where does the article say that. Instead, the AP refers to him as a “Mexican Citizen”. While factually correct, it’s an attempt to misdirect.
BILLINGS, Mont. — A U.S. judge has sentenced a Mexican citizen to almost five years in federal prison after prosecutors say he brought 34 pounds of methamphetamine from Arizona to Montana.
U.S. District Judge Susan Watters sentenced 35-year-old Jorge Luis Mendez-Sanchez to 57 months during a court appearance in Billings. He pleaded guilty in January to possession of meth with intent to distribute the drug.
Montana law enforcement has struggled to contain a surge in violent crime over the past several years that officials said is being driven largely by methamphetamine trafficking and abuse.
Wait for it. At the very bottom of the article.
A conspiracy charge against Mendez-Sanchez was dismissed under a plea deal. Upon completion of his sentence, he will be turned over to immigration officials and is likely to be deported, according to court documents.