Six men with ties to a Mexican drug cartel have been sentenced in a conspiracy to sell large quantities of crystal methamphetamine in the D.C. area.
The leader, Alberto Garcia Calderon, 37, was sentenced in federal court in D.C. to 16 years. The others received between nearly seven years and 16.
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Police in D.C., North Carolina and Georgia seized more than 50 pounds of meth, three firearms and more than $35,000 in cash.
D.C. police estimated the street value of the meth to be more than $3.5 million, and the drug was headed for Washington-area neighborhoods.
The six men were all from Mexico and claimed ties to the Mexican drug cartel La Familia.
