A Waterloo woman has been sentenced to two years in federal prison after admitting she planned to distribute nearly a kilogram of methamphetamine.
Twenty-one-year-old Sylvia Rubio-Rincon was sentenced November 20th after pleading guilty in June to possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. Prosecutors say undercover agents had been communicating with a suspected meth source in Mexico and arranged the delivery of almost a kilogram of meth.
As Rubio-Rincon drove to meet an undercover officer, investigators stopped her vehicle and found more than 900 grams of methamphetamine. She told officers she had been paid by a family member in Mexico to deliver the drugs.
Rubio-Rincon was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by U.S. District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams to 24 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. She will remain in U.S. Marshals’ custody until she is transferred to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted as part of the Homeland Security Task Force initiative targeting cartel activity and transnational criminal organizations, with assistance from multiple state and local agencies in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls region.
The full press release from the United States Attorney’s Office can be found below;
