Alejandro Ortiz-Salas, Methamphetamine Trafficking, California 2004

Alejandro Ortiz-Salas, a 37-year-old citizen of Mexico, has been indicted for his alleged involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking ring in Sacramento, California.

According to court documents, Ortiz-Salas sold methamphetamine in the Sacramento area in 2004. After a criminal complaint was issued charging him with distribution, he fled from the Eastern District of California. He was apprehended in December 2014 near the border between Texas and Mexico and brought to Sacramento.

This case is the product of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Yolo County Narcotics Enforcement Team. Ortiz-Salas is charged with three counts of distributing methamphetamine.

If convicted, Ortiz-Salas faces a maximum statutory penalty of up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine. Any sentence, however, would be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

The charges are only allegations; Ortiz-Salas is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

This is not the only methamphetamine trafficking case in California. Two other men, Sergio Carrillo-Raygoza and Ulices Beltran, were also charged with possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine in separate cases.

Carrillo-Raygoza, 20, was charged with possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, on January 21, 2015, Carrillo-Raygoza was stopped by law enforcement in Glenn County for a traffic violation. Two pounds of methamphetamine was found in his vehicle.

Beltran, 21, was charged with possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, on January 21, 2015, a traffic stop of Beltran resulted in the seizure of two pounds of methamphetamine from his vehicle.

All three defendants face the same maximum statutory penalty if convicted.

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