Brothers Get 24 Years in Prison for Trafficking Heroin via Home Delivery Service in Orange County

Published on December 20, 2023

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Two Riverside County brothers who operated a heroin trafficking ring and used two Orange County-based call centers to distribute their drugs were each sentenced Dec. 18 to 24 years in federal prison. One person died of a fatal overdose from the drugs distributed by the brothers, according to Ciaran McEvoy, the public information officer for the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Julio Cesar Martinez, 45, also known as “‘Primo,” of Riverside, and Victor Martinez, 46, also known as “Hector,” of Hemet, were sentenced by United States District Judge Cormac J. Carney in separate hearings in a Santa Ana courtroom. Each Martinez brother pleaded guilty on Aug. 16 to one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin....

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