La Barbie will be sentenced this morning

Based on uncontested facts in the PSR, Valdez was responsible for the distribution of at least 12,000 kilograms of cocaine (a conservative estimate). From 2005 until 2007, the average sales price for a kilogram of cocaine in Atlanta, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Chicago was $16,500, and $15,500 – $17,000 in Memphis.  Giving Valdez the benefit of any doubts, based on an estimated average sales price of $16,000 per kilograms of cocaine (a conservative estimate), Valdez would have collected at least $192,000,000 of proceeds from his cocaine distribution. Valdez should not be allowed to keep the proceeds from his illegal activities that inflicted so much damage on so many people. Through the forfeiture order, the government is seeking to disgorge some measure of the riches Valdez amassed during his kingpin years and deprive him of the benefit from those funds. As a conservative estimate, the government respectfully requests that the full $192,000,000 judgment be assessed against Valdez.