Ten Indicted for Fentanyl Trafficking Details Written by FBI
Sacramento, California - A federal grand jury returned an 11-count indictment against members of a drug trafficking organization, charging them with fentanyl trafficking and other related offenses, United States Attorney McGregor Scott announced.
Jose Lopez-Zamora, 26; Leonardo Flores Beltran, 29; Christian Anthony Romero, 25; Joaquin Sotelo Valdez, 24; Sandro Escobedo, 32; Erika Zamora Rojo, 45; and Alejandro Tello, 22; all of Sacramento; and Jason Lee, 48, of Sparks, Nevada, and Rudi Flores, 27, of Manteca, are charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine as well as either fentanyl distribution or possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Jose Aguilar Saucedo, 22, of Sacramento, is charged with three counts of fentanyl distribution.
A Manteca man is among 10 in federal custody after indictments were handed down in a massive drug-smuggling operation suspected in a number of overdoses and deaths in the Northern California region, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento has announced.
Rudi Jean Flores, 27, of Manteca, was among those indicted last week by a federal grand jury in connection with the operation, which allegedly funneled tens of thousands of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills from Mexico into the United States, according to U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott of the Eastern District of California.
Federal agents seized more than 20,000 of the counterfeit tablets that contained the deadly drug fentanyl as part of a high-level Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces operation involving multiple agencies, Scott said in a news release.
10 indicted in deadly fentanyl smuggling ring from Mexico by Sacramento federal grand jury
Sacramento Bee 1/29/2021 Sam Stanton, The Sacramento Bee
Jan. 29 A federal grand jury in Sacramento has indicted 10 people in connection with a massive drug smuggling operation based in Mexico that allegedly funneled tens of thousands of fentanyl-laced pills into the United States and caused numerous overdoses and several deaths in the capital region.
The 11-count indictment announced late Thursday by U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott says federal agents seized more than 20,000 counterfeit oxycodone tablets that contained the deadly drug fentanyl, as well as methamphetamine and cocaine. Wiretapped calls show awareness by at least some co-conspirators that these fentanyl pills had been responsible for multiple overdoses and overdose deaths in the area, Scott s office said in an announcement.