Weslaco man arrested in connection with $2. 3 million cocaine delivery operation
· KRGV (NBC 5)
A Weslaco resident, Efren Pinales-Hernandez, 51, was arrested as part of a $2.3 million cocaine delivery operation. He was apprehended alongside two others, Pablo Luis Fuentes-Rivas, 40, from Baytown, and Mexican national Daniel Teniente-Marfileno, 39, during an undercover operation that involved delivering a tractor-trailer loaded with cocaine to Houston and Baytown. Fuentes-Rivas pleaded guilty and was sentenced to over five years in federal prison. Teniente-Marfileno is set for sentencing on September 29. Authorities seized approximately 182.25 kilograms of cocaine during the operation, valued at nearly $2.3 million.
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