Jorge Portillo-Uranga, Cocaine and Marijuana Trafficking, Kansas 2023

A Texas man who oversaw a multi-million dollar cocaine and marijuana trafficking operation in the Kansas City metro area has been sentenced to 262 months in federal prison.

Jorge Portillo-Uranga, 36, of Teague, Texas, pleaded guilty to seven felony counts including conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and using a telephone in furtherance of drug trafficking.

According to court documents, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) began an investigation in 2016 into a drug trafficking organization headed by Portillo-Uranga.

Portillo-Uranga managed the operation from his home in Teague, Texas, and investigators intercepted communications between him and other members of the organization as he directed their movements in obtaining cocaine and delivering it to Kansas City.

In various conversations, Portillo-Uranga expressed his suspicions that some of the traffickers were skimming cocaine from the shipments.

U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister commended the DEA, Assistant U.S. Attorney Trent Krug, and Assistant U.S. Attorney David Zabel for their work on the case.

Jorge Portillo-Uranga, Texas man, oversaw a drug ring in the Kansas City metro area, selling kilogram quantities of cocaine and marijuana, was sentenced to 262 months in federal prison on Wednesday.

KANSAS CITY, KAN - Wednesday, - A Texas man who oversaw a drug ring in the Kansas City metro area was sentenced to 262 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.

Jorge Portillo-Uranga, 36, Teague, Texas, pleaded guilty to seven felony counts including conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute cocaine and using a telephone in furtherance of drug trafficking.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ks/pr/sentence-21-years-texas-man-who-ran-drug-ring-kansas-city