FRENCH VALLEY ---- Four men arrested in 2003 on suspicion of drug trafficking pleaded guilty Monday at the Southwest Justice Center and were sentenced to serve 17 years in state prison.
Jose Mendoza, 29, of Orange, and Andres Bernal, 34, Francisco Castillo, 27, and Sergio Ruiz, 27, all of Los Angeles, were arrested Nov. 7, 2003, after an informant told officers a truck loaded with cocaine was being driven through Lake Elsinore.
Officers found the truck, with about 244 kilograms of cocaine inside valued at about $24 million, parked in a ride-share parking lot on Dexter Avenue, where they arrested the men, authorities said.
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