Teague man, Jorge Portillo-Uranga, was sentenced to twenty-one years in a federal prison for drug trafficking related charges by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) St. Louis Division, Kansas City District Office.
Portillo-Uranga ran the ring from his residence in Teague, Texas; he sold kilogram amounts of cocaine and marijuana in Kansas City.
He pled guilty to seven felony counts including, conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and using a telephone in furtherance of drug trafficking.
The DEA began an investigation back in 2016 over a drug trafficking organization in the Metro area of Kansas City, according to court documents.
Investigators were able to intercept communications between Portillo-Uranga in Texas and other organization members as he directed their movements in obtaining cocaine and delivering it to Kansas City.
The court documents also detailed conversations he had about his suspicions that some of the traffickers were skimming cocaine from the shipments.
