News Items tag as: Alexis Joel Garcia Palomino

Mexican drug mule to serve three and a half years for smuggling attempt near Osoyoos
December 02, 2016 - 12:45 PM

PENTICTON - A Mexican national caught smuggling more than a half million dollars’ worth of drugs into Canada will spend the next two and a half years in a federal prison.
Mexican man pleads guilty to drug smuggling charges in Penticton
August 29, 2016 - 2:30 PM

PENTICTON - A Mexican man is facing several years in prison following guilty pleas entered in Penticton Provincial Court today.
Man being held on drug smuggling charges getting lost in translation
April 20, 2016 - 6:00 PM

PENTICTON - A man accused of drug smuggling and other related charges had his case delayed in Penticton court this morning in part because language barriers and lack of legal representation.
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Mexican drug mule to serve three and a half years for smuggling attempt near Osoyoos