{"id":19077,"date":"2019-10-05T10:44:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T16:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=60675"},"modified":"2019-10-05T10:44:51","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T16:44:51","slug":"feds-take-over-glenwood-springs-case-where-100-pounds-of-meth-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/feds-take-over-glenwood-springs-case-where-100-pounds-of-meth-found\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds take over Glenwood Springs case where 100 pounds of meth found"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/09\/meth-GPI-091019-1-768x1024-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/09\/meth-GPI-091019-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/09\/meth-GPI-091019-1-768x1024-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><figcaption><strong>Colorado State Patrol arrested a man after finding 100 pounds of meth in his minivan on Monday.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy of Kathy Newbould<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Federal prosecutors have taken over the case against a man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/crime\/traffic-stop-on-i-70-in-glenwood-springs-turns-into-massive-meth-bust\/\">arrested in Glenwood Springs<\/a> with 93 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in his minivan.<\/p>\n<p>Esquivel-Tecalco was taken into federal custody Tuesday, and he entered a plea of not guilty in the Colorado district of federal court Friday, according to court records.<\/p>\n<p>Many documents in the case are restricted, but the federal judge ordered Friday Esquivel-Tecalco remain in custody.<\/p>\n<p>Ninth District Attorney Jeff Cheney said that local prosecutors agreed to hand over the prosecution of Esquivel-Tecalco.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur office coordinated with the United States Attorney and consented to their taking jurisdiction and prosecution of Mr. Esquivel-Tecalco. He will be prosecuted in United States Federal District Court,\u201d Cheney said.<\/p>\n<p>Esquivel-Tecalco was arrested Sept. 9 in Glenwood Springs after being pulled over for speeding and weaving outside his lane on Interstate 70, according to Colorado State Patrol affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>The CSP trooper convinced Esquivel-Tecalco to sign a form consenting to a search.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement found 63 bricks of presumed methamphetamine stashed in the door panels of the minivan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/feds-take-over-glenwood-springs-case-where-100-pounds-of-meth-found\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado State Patrol arrested a man after finding 100 pounds of meth in his minivan on Monday.Courtesy of Kathy Newbould Federal prosecutors have taken over the case against a man arrested in Glenwood Springs with 93 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in his minivan. Esquivel-Tecalco was taken into federal custody Tuesday, and he entered a plea [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 19:42:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}