Jorge Rodriguez Martinez, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Georgia 2024
A federal jury found Jorge Rodriguez Martinez, 56, of Duluth, Georgia, guilty of methamphetamine trafficking in the metro-Atlanta area.
According to the evidence presented in court, on October 7, 2020, a confidential source working with agents from the DEA placed multiple recorded phone calls to Rodriguez Martinez to purchase several kilograms of methamphetamine. After the phone calls, Rodriguez Martinez, who was being surveilled by federal law enforcement agents, travelled to a location in the metro-Atlanta area to meet with a drug supplier at a Dunwoody apartment complex.
Rodriguez Martinez travelled to the CS's residence where he dropped off his truck containing multiple kilograms of methamphetamine, switched vehicles, then drove away.
The CS placed additional recorded phone calls to Rodriguez Martinez, during which Rodriguez Martinez confirmed that the drugs were in the truck and agreed to return to the CS's residence to pick up the drugs. Rodriguez Martinez next travelled to the CS's residence, picked up the methamphetamine, and quickly departed.
Shortly thereafter, the Georgia State Patrol stopped Rodriguez Martinez's vehicle and located approximately three kilograms of methamphetamine on the front passenger floorboard.
Rodriguez Martinez was charged with one count of conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, and one count of possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. He was convicted on both counts following a three-day trial.
Jorge Rodriguez Martinez is scheduled to be sentenced on July 29, 2024, at 2:30 p.m. before U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones.
Key Facts
- State: Georgia
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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