TEXARKANA, Texas - A drug trafficker was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison by a federal judge in Texarkana.
Jose Armando Rosales-Bernal, 28, and multiple co-defendants are named in an indictment in the Texarkana Division of the Eastern District of Texas that stemmed from a drug trafficking investigation dubbed Operation Dirty Bird.
Rosales-Bernal pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine last September. Rosales-Bernal admits in a factual basis document that he was a leader and manager of an operation that moved drugs from Mexico into the U.S. for distribution.
Rosales-Bernal has agreed to forfeit real estate, several cars including a red Dodge Charger Hellcat, and multiple firearms. Also forfeited by Rosales-Bernal is a jewel-encrusted necklace with a rooster pendant, a silver Rolex watch and a watch covered in jewels that were seized Oct. 31, 2019.
During a period from at least in 2018 to October 2019, Rosales-Bernal was responsible for distributing at least 150 kilograms of cocaine that he sold for at least $4 million. Rosales-Bernal's factual basis notes that two houses in Dallas were hubs for the drug trafficking activity.
Rosales-Bernal appeared before U.S. District Judge Robert Schroeder III with Dallas lawyer James Mongaras.
Like Rosales-Bernal, Rodolfo Javier Falcon was sentenced to 360 months in federal prison in March following a guilty plea. Armando Moreno Jr. was sentenced to 108 months in the case, Gerardo Ramirez was sentenced to 151 months, and Julio Villareal was sentenced to 130 months.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Hornok represented the government in all the cases.