LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Mexican nationwide was sentenced to over a 12 months in jail for promoting fentanyl tablets from Mexico in Las Vegas, in line with the U.S. Division of Justice.
Jorge Olivarria-Gomez, 22, pleaded responsible in December 2024 to distribution of a managed substance. He was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in jail adopted by one 12 months of supervised launch.
In response to courtroom paperwork and admissions made in courtroom, Olivarria-Gomez got here to the U.S. illegally to work on behalf of a drug trafficking group to promote fentanyl within the U.S. He admitted that on April 26, 2023, he was directed by a codefendant to ship 500 fentanyl tablets. When Olivarria-Gomez arrived at a car parking zone, he bought the tablets for $750.
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The co-defendant, Etseban Quezada, also called “Pelon,” was working a drug trafficking group from Mexico, in line with the DOJ. The DEA Clark County Gang Job Power started investigating him in 2023.
Quezada coordinated the supply of medication from Mexico to associates within the U.S., together with in Las Vegas. Quezada would ship couriers from Nayrit, Mexico to the U.S. to distribute the narcotics to clients. Initially, Olivarria-Gomez was working as a courier in Las Vegas after which ultimately moved to Colorado the place he continued to distribute narcotics.
In case you are conscious of managed substance violations in your neighborhood — which can embrace the rising, manufacture, distribution or trafficking of managed substances — please submit your nameless tip by means of the DEA Tip Line.
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