Yorba Linda Woman Gets 4 1/2 Years in Cocaine Case
A Yorba Linda woman was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to laundering more than $1.2 million in proceeds taken from an international cocaine trafficking organization headed by her boyfriend, the U.S. attorney’s office said Tuesday.
Martha Adrianna Ibarra, 26, also pleaded guilty to narcotics charges in connection with a conspiracy by her boyfriend, Carlos Hinojosa-Gonzalez, 29, to distribute 400 kilograms of Colombian cocaine in the United States.
U.S. District Judge Harry L. Hupp also sentenced Ibarra to three years’ supervised release after her imprisonment.
The couple were arrested last Oct. 23 after Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided their Yorba Linda home. They originally had pleaded not guilty.
They were charged with heading a major cocaine distribution and money-laundering ring that authorities said shipped the drug to dealers in New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, Houston and other cities, and had direct access to the Cali cartel in Colombia.
As part of a plea agreement, Ibarra will forfeit numerous assets she held, including the couple’s residence on Via Burgos valued at $474,000, another house in San Diego, a 1995 Mercedes-Benz, a high-performance boat and a jewelry collection described by authorities as “extensive.”
Hinojosa-Gonzalez, who also pleaded guilty to narcotics charges, is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 17.
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