AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN COULD SPEND MORE THAN 10 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES. THIRTY YEAR OLD HOMERO VARELA WAS ARRESTED A YEAR AGO AND WAS CHARGED, ALONG WITH MORE THAN A DOZEN CO-DEFENDANTS, WITH RUNNING A HUGE COCAINE, METH AND MARIJUANA DISTRIBUTION RING.

IT'S ALLEGED THAT RACE HORSES AND REAL ESTATE WERE USED TO HIDE THE ILLEGAL DRUG DEALING.