Juan Frausto-Bedolla, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Idaho 2018

Tijuana Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Methamphetamine Trafficking in Idaho

BOISE, Idaho – Juan Frausto-Bedolla, 29, of Tijuana, Mexico, has been sentenced to fifteen years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today.

Frausto-Bedolla was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye on December 7, 2018. He had previously pled guilty to the offense on the same date.

According to court records, between May 2016 and August 2017, Frausto-Bedolla conspired to distribute methamphetamine in Idaho with several other codefendants. He secured methamphetamine from out-of-state sources and brought it into Idaho for further distribution.

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and Idaho State Police as part of a joint investigation by the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). The OCDETF program is a federal multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional task force that supplies supplemental federal funding to federal and state agencies.

The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money laundering organizations, and those primarily responsible for the nation’s illegal drug supply. Program participants include the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Drug Enforcement Administration; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations; Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation; and the U.S. Marshals Service.

Frausto-Bedolla’s conviction is the result of a joint investigation by the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). The OCDETF program is a federal multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional task force that supplies supplemental federal funding to federal and state agencies.

The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money laundering organizations, and those primarily responsible for the nation’s illegal drug supply.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-id/pr/methamphetamine-trafficker-sentenced-fifteen-years-prison