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San Diego Man Sentenced to 18 Years for Supplying Fentanyl that Resulted in Deaths of Two in North Park

November 17, 2025
SAN DIEGO – Scott Anthony Sargent of San Diego was sentenced in federal court to 18 years in prison for supplying the fentanyl that caused the fatal overdoses of a 40-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man in North Park in 2022. At the sentencing hearing on Friday, the U.S. Attorney’s...
November 17, 2025
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Mexican Nationals Sentenced for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

October 24, 2025
ALBUQUERQUE – Two Mexican nationals illegally present in the United States were sentenced to 17 and 22 years in federal prison following a multi-agency drug investigation that uncovered methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine and multiple loaded firearms at an Albuquerque residence. There is no parole in the federal system. According to court...
October 24, 2025
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Federal Charges Filed Against Albuquerque Supplier in Major Drug Trafficking Investigation

September 10, 2025
Note: View the Indictment ALBUQUERQUE – An Albuquerque man has been indicted on federal charges following a DEA investigation that uncovered a large-scale narcotics trafficking operation in Albuquerque. According to court documents, on August 13, 2025, DEA agents conducted an undercover operation in Albuquerque in which Jose Magana Garcia, a...
September 10, 2025
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Hobbs Woman Sentenced for High-Speed Chase that led to Fentanyl and Meth Bust

August 08, 2025
ALBUQUERQUE – A Hobbs woman involved in a high-speed chase with law enforcement was sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses uncovered during an investigation into a significant fentanyl and methamphetamine distribution operation. According to court records, on October 19, 2023, agents with the...
August 08, 2025
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Trial Victory Secured in Largest Single Fentanyl Pill Bust in DEA History

August 07, 2025
ALBUQUERQUE – A federal jury convicted an Albuquerque man for his role in a multi-state fentanyl trafficking organization, following an operation that resulted in the largest single fentanyl pill seizure in DEA history. The verdict came after a six-day trial and approximately eight hours of deliberation. The conviction of Alex...
August 07, 2025
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Former Mexican Mafia Member Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing Cocaine

July 24, 2025
MIDLAND, Texas – A former ranking member of the Texas Mexican Mafia was sentenced in federal court in Midland to 180 months in prison for six counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. According to court documents, Paul Lujan, 42, of Odessa, was a well-known gang member who had...
July 24, 2025
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Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years for Role in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose of Carlsbad Woman

July 18, 2025
SAN DIEGO – Prolific drug dealer Bryan Kim Bullard, who supplied fentanyl to 25-year-old Danielle Good of Carlsbad and failed to seek help for over an hour while she lay dying of an overdose in a bathtub, was sentenced today in federal court to 20 years in prison. “The trafficking...
July 18, 2025
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Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Distributing Fentanyl that Caused Two Fatal Overdoses

July 03, 2025
SAN DIEGO – Jonathan Tyler Gauthier, a prolific fentanyl dealer who kept selling the deadly drug despite the fatal overdoses of two customers within a four-month span, was sentenced in federal court today to 30 years in prison. According to the government’s sentencing memorandum, Gauthier sold the fentanyl that killed...
July 03, 2025
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Cartel Enforcer Sentenced to 28 Years for Drug Trafficking and Violence

June 13, 2025
SAN DIEGO – Edgar Herrera Pardo, aka Caiman, an admitted violent cartel enforcer who ordered the killing of a Tijuana police officer, was sentenced in federal court today to 28 years in prison for trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine and heroin into the United States. Herrera Pardo was indicted in...
June 13, 2025
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FORT Investigates Fentanyl Death, Brings First-Ever Texas Murder Charges

May 07, 2025
EL PASO – On April 3, 2025, Eric Robles was indicted on Texas state charges of Murder and Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 1B Over 4 grams and Under 200 grams. On April 23, 2025, approximately two weeks before completing his sentence on unrelated federal drug charges...
May 07, 2025
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