A Mexican national and leader of a drug trafficking cell in Lane County was yesterday sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for possession of the largest ever single seizure of methamphetamine in the history of Oregon.

Found in Possession of 384 Pounds of Meth

Martin Manzo Negrete (51), a Mexican living illegally in the U.S., was found in possession of 384 pounds of methamphetamine which he distributed and sold in Lane County together. Apart from the 15-year prison sentence, he was also sentenced to five years of supervised release.

The cell operated by Manzo Negrete came under investigation in October 2020 for its role in trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine transported from California to Oregon for distribution and sale in and around Lane County where it was stored, divid

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