Two Mexican nationals have been sentenced on federal charges for the distribution of methamphetamine in the Metro East area.

32-year-old Christian Renteria Espinoza will spend the next seven and half years behind bars. 35-year-old Raul Salazar Ortega six and a half. Both for Conspiracy to distribute Methamphetamine.

According to the US District Attorney’s Office, both men admitted that they had been active members of an organization that shipped large quantities of ICE from California to the Metro East Area.