Large cocaine bust on I-70 in Eagle County results in prison sentences for 2 men

Large cocaine bust on I-70 in Eagle County results in prison sentences for 2 men

Erik Manuel Garcia Maradiaga, the second of two defendants charged with smuggling 43 pounds of cocaine through Eagle County, was sentenced to eight years in the Colorado Department of Corrections in August, closing the case on one of the largest drug busts the region has seen in recent years. According to an arrest affidavit issued by Eagle County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Evan Jaramillo, Garcia Maradiaga, 29, was stopped on I-70 on April 11, 2024…