MONTICELLO, FL. (WTXL) - Federal authorities arrest a man in Jefferson County, in connection to a Puerto Rican drug trafficking ring.
FBI agents from the Jacksonville Division along with deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff's apprehending Emmanuel Mercedes-Morán without incident in Monticello, Florida. The FBI says, he, along with 16 others, were part of an organization distributing crack, heroin, cocaine, and marijuana in areas of Puerto Rico.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Cesar Rivera-Giraud is in charge of the prosecution of the case. If convicted the defendants face a minimum sentence of 10 years, and up to life in prison.
