Cabrera, Jr., age 39, of Muscatine, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief
Judge John A. Jarvey to 120 months in prison on a charge of conspiracy to distribute a controlled
substance, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Cabrera Lopez was also
ordered to serve four years of supervised release following the period of imprisonment, and to
pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund.
Beginning about June 2006 and continuing to about July 2007, Cabrera Lopez and his coconspirators
distributed large amounts of cocaine to individuals in Muscatine. The quantity of
cocaine distributed in the conspiracy exceeded 2 kilograms.
After he was indicted, Cabrera Lopez went to Mexico for approximately seven years until
he was arrested in Texas in November of 2014, and extradited back to Iowa. Cabrera Lopez
pleaded guilty on April 22, 2015, to the charge of conspiracy to distribute at least 500 grams of a
mixture or substance containing cocaine.
This matter was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Muscatine
County Drug Task Force, and the case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney's Office for
the Southern District of Iowa as part of the Project Safe Neighborhood initiative.
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