LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Mexican nationwide was sentenced to over a yr in jail for promoting fentanyl drugs from Mexico in Las Vegas, in response to 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 yr of supervised launch.
Based on court docket paperwork and admissions made in court docket, 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 drugs. When Olivarria-Gomez arrived at a parking zone, he bought the drugs for $750.
The co-defendant, Etseban Quezada, also referred to as “Pelon,” was working a drug trafficking group from Mexico, in response to the DOJ. The DEA Clark County Gang Job Pressure started investigating him in 2023.
Quezada coordinated the supply of medicine 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 finally moved to Colorado the place he continued to distribute narcotics.
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