Honduran man sentenced in Maryland for cocaine-for-murder deal
On Friday, a federal judge in Maryland sentenced a Honduran man to 12 years in prison for attempting to hire someone to help him in a murder by selling them discounted cocaine. Frelin Hernandez-Guardado, 30, was sentenced on the attempted murder for hire charge as well as a count of possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute it and possessing a gun as an illegal alien, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland said in a release.
- ▪On Friday, a federal judge in Maryland sentenced a Honduran man to 12 years in prison for attempting to hire someone to help him in a murder by selling them discounted cocaine.
- ▪Frelin Hernandez-Guardado, 30, was sentenced on the attempted murder for hire charge as well as a count of possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute it and possessing a gun as an illegal alien, the U.S.
- ▪Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland said in a release.
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On Friday, a federal judge in Maryland sentenced a Honduran man to 12 years in prison for attempting to hire someone to help him in a murder by selling them discounted cocaine. Frelin Hernandez-Guardado, 30, was sentenced on the attempted murder for hire charge as well as a count of possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute it and possessing a gun as an illegal alien, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland said in a release. Hernandez-Guardado acquired the illegal guns some time before October 2021, when he sold the guns in two separate instances to law enforcement sources.
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