DALLAS (AP) — A North Texas man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for distributing for a Mexican drug cartel about 30 kilograms of cocaine per month throughout the U.S.
Octavius Williams was sentenced Monday during a federal court hearing in Dallas.
Federal prosecutors say the 32-year-old worked with associates of the Los Caballeros Templarios Mexican cartel.
Authorities say Williams helped distribute cocaine throughout Dallas, Atlanta, Louisiana, Seattle, Oklahoma, and New York.
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He had pleaded guilty in November 2015 to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
Williams, from Irving, had been in custody since his arrest in July 2015.
Prosecutors say six firearms, 551 rounds of ammunition and more than $103,300 were seized from Williams after his arrest.