{"id":1315300,"date":"2019-10-04T15:50:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T21:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=988613"},"modified":"2019-10-04T15:50:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T21:50:06","slug":"feds-take-over-100-pounds-of-meth-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/feds-take-over-100-pounds-of-meth-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds take over 100 pounds of meth case"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/meth-GPI-091019-3-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/meth-GPI-091019-3-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/meth-GPI-091019-3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/meth-GPI-091019-3-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Colorado State Patrol arrested a man after finding more than 100 pounds of methamphetamine in his minivan.<\/strong><br \/><em>Provided \/ Kathy Newbould<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Federal prosecutors have taken over the case against a man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/man-arrested-in-west-glenwood-springs-with-100-pounds-of-meth-has-no-prior-record\/\">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><em><a href=\"mailto:tphippen@postindependent.com\">tphippen@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/feds-take-over-100-pounds-of-meth-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado State Patrol arrested a man after finding more than 100 pounds of methamphetamine in his minivan.Provided \/ 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":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1315300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-06 20:57:28","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":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1315300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1315300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1315300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1315300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}