2025-12-11
'Narco boat' conspirators get combined 70 years as judge notes they 'totally underestimated' local communities and law enforcement
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Juan Antonio Gallardo Barroso (56), Pedro Pablo Ojeda Ortega (37), and Angel Serran Padilla (41), were handed sentences ranging from 8 to 11 years each at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today for their parts in the failed drug smuggling operation. Another Spanish national who helped crew the boat, Juan Antonio Gallardo Barroso, was sentenced to eight years, as was Serbian national Aleksander Milic, the youngest of the group.