L.A. man who packaged meth to look like burritos gets 15 years
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - A member of a downtown Los Angeles street gang caught with thousands of dollars worth of methamphetamine packaged to resemble
14 foil-wrapped burritos was sentenced today to 15 years behind bars for federal drug and gun crimes.
Ricardo ``Flaco'' Renteria, 48, of Colton, was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release following prison and pay a mandatory special
assessment of $300.
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"He has a very long criminal history,'' Chief U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips said from the bench. ``This was a large amount of methamphetamine -- and the way it was packaged, it was clearly for sale."
According to evidence presented at trial, Los Angeles police officers pulled Renteria over on Feb. 3, 2018, in the Angelino Heights neighborhood of
Los Angeles after they witnessed him erratically and evasively driving a white Chevrolet Tahoe.
Renteria consented to a search of the SUV and law enforcement found a black garbage bag on the floor behind the driver's seat. Inside the bag were 14
foil-wrapped, burrito-shaped packages containing 13.7 pounds of methamphetamine with a street value ranging from $27,000 to $40,000.