FAYETTEVILLE — A federal judge sentenced four members of a Springdale family who owned the Rumba Room Night Club in Springdale, along with three others, to up 90 months in prison.
Combined, the seven will spend 20 years in prison for money laundering, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine and immigration offenses, according to a news release Friday from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Fort Smith.
U.S. District Court Judge Larry Hendren sentenced Manuel Haro-Gutierrez, 50, of Springdale to 90 months plus a $35,000 fine and his wife, Gladis Haro, 51, of California to 84 months and a $25,000 fine. Springdale resident Manuel Haro, 24, was sentenced to one year with two years of supervised release and Jania Haro, 34, of Springdale faces eight months and two years of supervised release.
Osiris Depaz-Ramirez, 28, of California was sentenced to 30 months. Ivan Salan-Aguilar, 49, of California was sentenced to one year with two years of supervised release. Victor Palacios, 52, of Springdale faces eight months in prison.
Investigators from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Rogers Police Department connected the Haro family and the others to a money laundering and drug trafficking organization spanning from the Dominican Republic and Mexico to Arkansas, California, Pennsylvania and New York, according to the release.
Manuel Haro-Gutierrez and his wife, Gladis, funneled $315,000 into various bank accounts in the state, including those for the night club and Haro Auto Repair and Paint in Springdale. The defendants were arrested Dec. 15, 2011, and pleaded guilty April 25.