A member of the Tijuana-based Sinaloa Cartel was recently sentenced to 63 months in prison after being linked to a drug and money laundering scheme.

Eber Alain Estrada Palafox, 39, also known as “Doctor,” is a Mexican national who pleaded guilty in June to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.

He is subject to deportation once he’s served his sentence, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Palafox “conspired with a ring” of Massachusetts-based individuals to traffic the drugs from Mexico, through California, into New England and Massachusetts over two years.

He also admitted to conspiring to use a co-conspirator’s auto dealership, State Line Auto Sales, in Enfield,

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