Guilty as Charged

Jesus Manuel Salazar Nunez, 35, faces up to life in federal prison at his Nov. 9 sentencing after pleading guilty Monday to conspiring to bring nearly a thousand kilos of drugs into the United States from Mexico.

SAN DIEGO — Jesus Manuel Salazar Nunez, 35, faces up to life in federal prison at his Nov. 9 sentencing after pleading guilty Monday to conspiring to bring 872 kilos of methamphetamines, 41 kilos of heroin and 15 kilos of cocaine into the United States from Mexico in tractor-trailers, hidden among commercial goods.

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