United States Drug Enforcement Administration

OMAHA, Neb., -- Keith Pumala, 67, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture of methamphetamine. There is no parole in the federal system. After Pumala is released from prison, he will begin a 5-year term of supervised release.  

Pumala was charged because of his involvement with a Mexican methamphetamine source of supply who supplies the Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa, areas via a local network of drug couriers. Customers call the source and order the drugs, who then sends a courier to meet the customer and complete the transaction. Pumala was a local courier operating in Nebraska and Iowa who received and distributed the source’s drugs.

On July 21, 2025, law enforcement executed a search warrant on Pumala’s residence where approximately 14 pounds of methamphetamine was located and seized.

This prosecution is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement towards identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations, which have long fueled violence and instability within our borders. In performing this work, the HSTF places special emphasis on investigating and prosecuting those engaged in child trafficking or other crimes involving children. The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States.  HSTF Omaha comprises agents and officers from DEA, HSI, FBI, ATF, U.S. Marshals Service, USPIS, the IRS-Criminal Investigation Division, and assistance of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office with the prosecution being led by the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Nebraska.