Heroin Trafficker Gets 90 Months

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Allen Goossen, a 30-year-old man from Farmington, New Mexico, has been sentenced to 90 months in prison for his conviction on heroin trafficking charges.

According to court records, Goossen was convicted of distributing heroin in San Juan County, New Mexico. On December 17, 2014, he sold approximately 6.03 grams of heroin to an undercover agent of the HIDTA Region II Narcotics Taskforce. Additionally, on January 5, 2015, Goossen was found in possession of 5.95 grams of heroin packaged in six single-gram packages.

The court found that Goossen caused the death of a 26-year-old man by injecting him with heroin in November 2013, which was a reasonably foreseeable effect of his actions. Goossen continued to distribute heroin after the victim’s death and was arrested in February 2016 on a criminal complaint charging him with trafficking heroin in San Juan County.

Goossen pleaded guilty to both counts of the indictment without the benefit of a plea agreement. The case was investigated by the Albuquerque office of Homeland Security Investigations and the HIDTA Region II Task Force.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander M. Uballez as part of the New Mexico Heroin and Opioid Prevention and Education (HOPE) Initiative. The HOPE Initiative was launched in January 2015 in response to the national opioid epidemic, which has had a disproportionately devastating impact on New Mexico.

Goossen will be on supervised release for three years following his prison sentence. The HOPE Initiative is a comprehensive program aimed at reducing opioid-related deaths in New Mexico by targeting major heroin and opioid trafficking organizations for investigation and prosecution.

As part of the HOPE Initiative, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, in conjunction with the DEA and other federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, has targeted members of major heroin and opioid trafficking organizations for investigation and prosecution. The program is comprised of five components, including prevention and education, treatment, law enforcement, reentry, and strategic planning.

The HOPE Initiative has made significant strides in reducing opioid-related deaths in New Mexico, and this case is a prime example of the program’s success in bringing heroin traffickers to justice.

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