THE FORMER RINGLEADER OF AN ALBUQUERQUE-BASED DRUG TRAFFICKING RING IS HEADED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR THE NEXT 14 YEARS. THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER ROYBAL WAS SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT ON TUESDAY. HE WAS ONE OF 19 PEOPLE NAMED IN A 60 COUNT INDICTMENT IN DECEMBER OF 2012, CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTING LARGE QUANTITIES OF COCAINE AND MARIJUANA IN NEW MEXICO IN 2011 AND 2012.
HE ALSO FACED MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES. AS PART OF HIS PLEA DEAL, ROYBAL AGREED TO FORFEIT HIS ALBUQUERQUE HOME AND A 1967 CHEVROLET CAMARO.
