Eighth and final defendant pleads guilty in New Buffalo cocaine ring
U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced that 35-year-old Adrian Romero Antunez, a Mexican national in the United States on a tourist visa, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. Romero Antunez was the final defendant to plead guilty in a transnational and interstate cocaine ring that centered around New Buffalo, Michigan resident 33-year-old Ivan Huerta Hernandez. Through conduits in Mexico, Huerta Hernandez was supplied by sources located in Chicago, including Romero Antunez. Huerta Hernandez then distributed cocaine to dealers in West Michigan and Northern Indiana. On the morning of November 3, 2021, approximately 90 federal, state,