(AP) – Two Mexican nationals have admitted in federal court
their role in a large marijuana-growing operation at a central Missouri federal
wildlife refuge.
Twenty-seven-year-old Carlos Horacio Vasquez-Duarte and 24-year-old Rigaberto
Camacho Reyes pleaded guilty Tuesday in Jefferson City.
Federal prosecutors say law enforcement officers discovered the
marijuana-growing operation last October on five acres of the Big Muddy National
Fish and Wildlife Refuge in Howard County. That's where Vasquez-Duarte and Reyes
were arrested.
Prosecutors say a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service agent calculated that there
were 881 plants in the ground and 1,103 plants that had been cut and were drying
at the site.
Sentencing dates for Vasquez-Duarte and Reyes were not immediately set.
their role in a large marijuana-growing operation at a central Missouri federal
wildlife refuge.
Twenty-seven-year-old Carlos Horacio Vasquez-Duarte and 24-year-old Rigaberto
Camacho Reyes pleaded guilty Tuesday in Jefferson City.
Federal prosecutors say law enforcement officers discovered the
marijuana-growing operation last October on five acres of the Big Muddy National
Fish and Wildlife Refuge in Howard County. That's where Vasquez-Duarte and Reyes
were arrested.
Prosecutors say a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service agent calculated that there
were 881 plants in the ground and 1,103 plants that had been cut and were drying
at the site.
Sentencing dates for Vasquez-Duarte and Reyes were not immediately set.
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