Opinion ID: 4445950
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Jose Zamudio

Text: At the top of the Zamudio organization were brothers Jose and Juan. The brothers grew up very poor in rural Mexico and eventually made their way to Indianapolis in 2008. Zamudio 1 Counsel for Zamudio filed an Anders brief and we address Zamudio’s appeal, No. 18‐3361, in a separate order issued today. Nos. 18‐2009, et al. 3 worked multiple jobs while living in Indianapolis, mostly at restaurants as a dishwasher and a cook. Sometime before the FBI’s investigation began in 2016, he went from working two minimum‐wage jobs to leading a drug traﬃcking organiza‐ tion and overseeing the distribution of hundreds of thousands of dollars of methamphetamine. As noted above, the FBI intercepted numerous telephone conversations between Zamudio and his drug distributors in Mexico and the United States. A search warrant was executed on Zamudio’s home and the government seized 4.5 kilograms of methamphetamine, five firearms, and over ten thousand dollars in cash. Another 11 kilograms of methamphetamine were seized from Juan’s home, which Zamudio and Juan used to store drugs. Zamudio eventually pleaded guilty to four counts of the indictment that included conspiracy to distribute drugs, un‐ lawful possession of a firearm, and conspiracy to launder money. He did so without the benefit of an agreement. The Guidelines range for Zamudio was life; he received less. Zamudio’s total sentence was 380 months’ imprisonment.