2011 The Associated Press

Feb. 18, 2011, 7:28PM

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7435012.html

WACO, Texas — Federal officials say two men have been sentenced to life in prison on drug and money-laundering charges.

U.S. Senior District Judge Walter S. Smith Jr. on Friday pronounced the sentences on 33-year-old Robbie Steve Padilla and 35-year-old of Jeremias Hernandez. They were assessed life for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, and each received a 20-year prison term for conspiracy to commit money laundering. Smith also ordered each to pay a $4,000 fine.

A news release says that evidence presented during their trial in November revealed that the men conspired with others to distribute more than 500 pounds of methamphetamine and 80 kilograms of cocaine in North and Central Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. The jury heard evidence at sentencing linking two homicides to the drug-trafficking activities.