North Bay Meth Trafficker Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison

A Guatemalan national, Agusto Wosbeli Aguilar Meda, a/k/a Maza, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine in Marin County.

Meda, 36, pleaded guilty to the charge on December 19, 2018, and admitted to conspiring with others to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a substance containing methamphetamine between June 8, 2018, and September 18, 2018.

The methamphetamine trafficking ring, led by Meda, sold the illicit substance in San Rafael. Meda arranged multiple narcotics transactions during the conspiracy, according to the court documents.

A federal grand jury handed down a superseding indictment charging Meda with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), and 841(b)(1)(B)(viii), as well as five counts of distribution of methamphetamine.

Meda pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge and the distribution charges were dismissed. In addition to the prison term, Judge Charles R. Breyer sentenced Meda to a four-year period of supervised release to begin after he is released from prison.

Meda’s co-defendant, Melvin Martinez, also pleaded guilty to his role in the conspiracy on December 19, 2018. Martinez was sentenced to 30 months in prison and a five-year term of supervised release on April 3, 2019.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ross Weingarten, with the assistance of Marina Ponomarchuk. The investigation was conducted by the DEA and the Marin County Major Crimes Task Force.

The sentencing brings closure to a case that highlighted the ongoing threat of methamphetamine trafficking in the North Bay region. The Grimy Times will continue to monitor this case and provide updates as more information becomes available.

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