ATLANTA — Following a five-day federal trial, a jury recently convicted Ramiro Contreras-Sandoval, 41, an illegal alien originally from Michoacan, Mexico, of distributing more 135 kilograms of a liquid methamphetamine mixture and possessing firearms as an illegal alien and in furtherance of his drug trafficking crimes.
The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with substantial assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Long Beach (California) Police Department, Georgia State Patrol, Lawrenceville Police Department and Clayton County Police Department.
On Sept. 16, 2025, following a jury trial, Contreras-Sandoval was convicted of all charges against him — one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamp