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Fentanyl Traffickers Get Long Prison Sentences
11 Jan
Summary
- Two men sentenced for drug trafficking and firearm possession.
- Fentanyl and counterfeit Xanax pills were seized in the operation.
- One defendant was an illegal migrant from Mexico.

Michael Dwayne Banks and Victor Valente-Reynoso have received substantial federal prison sentences for their involvement in a drug trafficking scheme that included fentanyl and illegal firearms. Banks was sentenced to 13 years and eight months, and Valente-Reynoso to 10 years and 10 months. Both men will also undergo supervised release upon their release.
The sentencing is part of a major federal case addressing the distribution of dangerous controlled substances. Valente-Reynoso, an undocumented migrant from Mexico, was apprehended in Clayton County, Georgia, after selling fentanyl pills. He was later stopped while attempting to sell a larger quantity of fentanyl and counterfeit Xanax, with Banks present and armed.



