Daniel Roberto Auz-Vasquez, Methamphetamine Conspiracy, Arizona 2025

TUCSON, Ariz. - In a significant blow to the local methamphetamine trade, Daniel Roberto Auz-Vasquez, 28, of Imuris, Sonora, Mexico, has been sentenced to 78 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.

Tucson authorities apprehended Auz-Vasquez after he and his co-conspirators were found to be in possession of approximately 100 pounds of methamphetamine on July 1, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.

The methamphetamine was intended to be delivered to another individual that evening. This revelation highlights the scope and reach of methamphetamine trafficking operations in the region.

This investigation is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad.

The HSTF Tucson led investigation comprises agents and officers from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) with the prosecution being led by Assistant United States Attorney David Petermann of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona-Tucson.

Case details have been documented under case number CR24-5415-JGZ-1 and release number 2024-174_Auz-Vasquez.

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Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/pr/mexican-national-sentenced-over-six-years-prison-role-drug-conspiracy