A former Waterloo woman has been sentenced to 17 years and 6 months in prison for her role in a drug ring with ties to a cartel in Mexico, according to the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. 30 year old Sandra Deyerle, now of Elizabeth, Colorado, was found guilty on a charge of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Firearm in Connection with a Drug Trafficking Crime. Deyerle received 200 pounds of meth from Mexico which she supplied to Waterloo. A search of her home in Jefferson, Iowa found 100 grams of heroin and a .38 caliber revolver. They also found 450 grams of heroin in a Waterloo storage unit and a further 50 pounds of meth in a Jefferson storage unit.
