I was born in the state of Sonora, Mexico in 1979.  I am the youngest of two siblings and raised by both parents, who are Catholic.  They did their best at raising us.   My mother is a lovely house wife and my father was a federal customs agent in Mexico.  Growing up I never saw my mother or father drink, smoke, or use any drugs.  So you could say I had good examples to follow.  I would like to say that the first twelve years of my life were the best I could remember.  I felt that I had all the love and attention a kid could want.  At five years old I began school which was a private Catholic school.  From there I went to public school, junior high, high school, and eventually graduated.  To be honest, I was a good student, fast learner, and I made excellent grades.

After finishing school things did not happen for me like I would have wanted or imagined.  At the age of 18 I started the next chapter of my life.  Things became difficult because  my family’s financial situation became rough after my father lost his job.  A life that I was once used to is now gone…No more trips to U.S., no more visits to Disneyland, no more shopping malls and nice clothes, things just got worse.  At that moment I decided that it was time for me to help out financially.  Luckily for me, my family owns a supermarket in Mexico so I was given the supervisor position over the products being imported and exported to and from the store.  As I mentioned before I was a fast learner.  I excelled in my position and was earning a decent wage which enabled me to help my family’s financial situation.  At this point I decided that I would not pursue further education because I liked making money in the real world…so to speak.  Things were good for a while, life was easy.  I was happy, my family was happy…well until my uncle who was the primary owner of the supermarket passed away.  This would ultimately change my life for forever.  Soon after he died I found out that he was living a double life.  Since I was running the stores operation after his death, some of his associates contacted me and explained to me that they had some illegal dealings of transporting illegal products to and from the border and wanted me to continue business.  At the time I didn’t think much of it being that I don’t come from a criminal background so I accepted and began my criminal journey as a trafficker.   My money intake went from good, to great, to prominent.  As the years went by I met my wife of 20 years and had 3 beautiful boys who are all grown now.  Again, life was good!  I had money, cars, clothes, and everything else that comes with the fast life. But as they say; “all good things come to an end” just as with life and death in general.  In my case, I got busted and lost everything and I am not just talking about material things, which obviously was part of it but most importantly my life and the life of my loved ones.  Not being able to watch my kids grow up and be there for my family physically, emotionally, and mentally.  These are the types of things that weigh heavy on my heart.  I do not make any excuses for the past I have chosen but now that I am older and wiser, I understand the consequences of my actions and sometimes I wish I could have done things a little different.  A lot of you may know…but, I am serving a life sentence for marijuana.  I’ve been in 14 and half years now and my fight continues.  Since I have been in prison I haven’t given up hope because I haven’t lost my faith in God.

I was sentences on November 3, 2010 to imprisonment for LIFE without parole.  I was 28 years of age when the offense was committed.  I began serving this sentence of imprisonment on February 27, 2008.  I appealed my case to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.