David Mendez Bojorquez, Heroin Trafficking, New Mexico 2014

Heroin Trafficking Bust in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – David Mendez Bojorquez, 59, of Phoenix, Arizona, has pleaded guilty to a heroin trafficking charge in federal court.

Mendez Bojorquez was arrested on December 8, 2014, at the Greyhound Bus Station in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after DEA agents and task force officers executed a federal search warrant on his suitcase. The search yielded a package containing more than a gross kilogram of heroin.

The defendant was subsequently indicted on December 16, 2014, and charged with possession of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of heroin.

During a change of plea hearing, Mendez Bojorquez pleaded guilty to a felony information charging him with possession with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of heroin. In his plea agreement, Mendez Bojorquez admitted that he had heroin in his suitcase when he was encountered by law enforcement officers at the Greyhound Bus Station on December 7, 2014.

The defendant will be in federal custody pending his sentencing hearing, which has yet to be scheduled. At sentencing, he faces a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.

The case was investigated by the Interdiction Unit of the DEA’s Albuquerque office, which focuses on disrupting the flow of narcotics, weapons, and the proceeds of illegal activities as they are smuggled into or through New Mexico in passenger buses, passenger trains, commercial vehicles, and automobiles.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney David Walsh as part of the New Mexico Heroin and Opioid Prevention and Education (HOPE) Initiative. The HOPE Initiative is a collaboration between the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center that is partnering with the Bernalillo County Opioid Accountability Initiative with the overriding goal of reducing the number of opioid-related deaths in the District of New Mexico.

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