Isaac Anaya, Methamphetamine Trafficking, New Mexico 2014

Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring Leader Gets 114 Months in Prison

Farmington, New Mexico – Isaac Anaya, 31, of Farmington, New Mexico, was sentenced yesterday afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for trafficking methamphetamine in San Juan County, New Mexico. Anaya will serve a 114 month prison sentence followed by three years of supervised release.

Isaac Anaya is one of 29 individuals charged in February 2014, with drug trafficking offenses as the result of a multi-agency investigation targeting drug trafficking in northwestern New Mexico. The investigation culminated on February 26, 2014, when 26 of the defendants were arrested during a law enforcement operation led by Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) and the HIDTA Region II Narcotics Task Force.

The 29 defendants were charged as a result of Operation ‘Brown Ice,’ a year-long investigation that initially targeted a methamphetamine trafficking organization led by Anaya that distributed quantities of methamphetamine throughout San Juan County and expanded to include other drug trafficking activity in the area.

Thirteen of the defendants, including Anaya, were charged in a 15-count federal indictment alleging a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in San Juan County from May 2013 through September 2013. The remaining 16 defendants were charged with state drug trafficking and firearms offenses based on criminal complaints. During the course of the investigation, officers seized approximately five pounds of methamphetamine and five firearms.

Isaac Anaya was sentenced today based on his guilty plea to Count 1 of the indictment, which charged him and his co-defendants with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in San Juan County from May 28, 2013 through September 25, 2013.

U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez commended HSI and the local law enforcement agencies that comprise the HIDTA Region II Narcotics Task Force Metro Narcotics Task Force on the outstanding results of their investigation.

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