(Council Bluffs) A Council Bluffs man was sentenced to 22 years (264 months) in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
According to public court documents, 39-year-old Ricardo De Jesus Guzman-Corona, a Mexican national, facilitated the importation and distribution of mass amounts of methamphetamine to the Omaha/Council Bluffs metropolitan area over a three-year period while living in Mexico. Guzman-Corona conspired to distribute methamphetamine with individuals linked to the Sinaloa cartel. Guzman-Corona was responsible for the distribution of more than 4.5 kilograms of methamphetamine in the Omaha and Council Bluffs areas.
After completing his term of imprisonment, Guzman-Corona will be required to serve a five-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
