Cocaine supplier pleads guilty to conspiring with Mexican drug cartels

Wilder Emilio Sanchez Farfan Photo courtesy of U S Treasury Department A man federal prosecutors disclosed supplied cocaine to Mexican drug cartels pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances Wilder Emilio Sanchez Farfan aka Gato was indicted by a San Diego grand jury in for allegedly taking part in the trafficking of cocaine from Colombia through Ecuador and then to the United States according to the U S Attorney s Office Prosecutors say Sanchez Farfan led an organization that was a major source of supply for Mexican criminal organizations including the Sinaloa Cartel and the New Generation Jalisco Cartel In the U S Treasury Department sanctioned Sanchez Farfan calling him one of the greater part notable drug traffickers in the world in the modern day in a report Functionaries alleged he used a variety of methods to ship cocaine to Mexico including vessels sent to major ports including Ensenada As part of his plea agreement Sanchez Farfan admitted his organization was involved in trafficking cocaine out of South America between and He also admitted his group bribed administration bureaucrats in order to further the conspiracy Sanchez Farfan was arrested in February in Colombia while traveling He is slated to sentenced in August when he faces a mandatory minimum term of years in prison