{"id":159570,"date":"2021-06-10T15:52:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T19:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=159570"},"modified":"2021-06-10T15:52:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T19:52:38","slug":"woman-admits-smuggling-7-kilos-of-cocaine-on-a-plane-from-peru-to-nj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/woman-admits-smuggling-7-kilos-of-cocaine-on-a-plane-from-peru-to-nj\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman admits smuggling 7 kilos of cocaine on a plane from Peru to NJ"},"content":{"rendered":"
NEWARK, N.J. \u2013 A Peruvian woman today admitted smuggling approximately seven kilograms of cocaine into the United States from Peru, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.<\/p>\n
Yolanda Fonseca Melgarejo, 59, a legal permanent resident of the United States and a citizen of Peru, pleaded guilty to an information charging her with one count of importation of controlled substances.<\/p>\n
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:<\/p>\n
Fonseca Melgarejo arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport aboard a flight from Lima, Peru, on March 31, 2019. Law enforcement officers discovered that Fonseca Melgarejo possessed approximately seven kilograms of cocaine concealed within wrapped chocolate candy in her luggage.<\/p>\n
The count to which Fonseca Melgarejo pleaded guilty carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a potential maximum penalty of life in prison, and a maximum fine of $10 million dollars. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 14, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NEWARK, N.J. \u2013 A Peruvian woman today admitted smuggling approximately seven kilograms of cocaine into the United States from Peru, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Yolanda Fonseca Melgarejo, 59, a legal permanent resident of the United States and a citizen of Peru, pleaded guilty to an information charging her with one count of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3507,"featured_media":159571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1,54],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n