PHOENIX — A Yuma man has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison in a methamphetamine trafficking case.
Federal prosecutors say 58-year-old Roberto Benjamin Chavez received an 87-month prison term Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Phoenix.
Chavez had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
According to a plea agreement, Chavez was involved in a meth distribution ring between September 2010 and April 2011.
Prosecutors say Chavez purchased methamphetamine from Mexican-based drug suppliers who smuggled the drug across the border into Arizona.
They say Chavez sold a combined total of 1 pound of methamphetamine in four separate deals that were monitored by law enforcement officials. That led to his arrest.