Kayleb Reyos Pleads Guilty to Heroin Trafficking Charges in New Mexico

A 22-year-old man from Rio Rancho, New Mexico, has pleaded guilty to heroin trafficking charges in federal court. Kayleb Reyos, along with his co-defendant Joshua Greene, 19, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was arrested in May 2016 as part of a DEA investigation into heroin and methamphetamine trafficking in northwest Albuquerque.

According to the criminal complaint filed against them, Greene and Reyos sold an aggregate of 36 ounces (2.25 pounds) of heroin and 3 ounces (.18 pounds) of methamphetamine to an undercover law enforcement agent during a series of transactions occurring between February 2016 and May 2016. The two men were arrested when the DEA executed a search warrant at a residence in northwest Albuquerque, seizing an additional pound of heroin, bulk amounts of cash, a handgun, and drug paraphernalia.

Reyos and Greene separately were charged in a ten-count indictment filed on June 14, 2016. The indictment charged Greene and Reyos with conspiracy to distribute heroin from February 2016 to May 2016. It also charged the two defendants with distributing heroin on February 25, 2016, April 12, 2016, and May 4, 2016, and distributing methamphetamine on March 23, 2016.

During today’s proceedings, Reyos pleaded guilty to a felony information charging him with conspiracy and distribution of heroin. In entering the guilty plea, Reyos admitted that from February 4, 2016, through May 17, 2016, he was part of a small-scale drug trafficking organization that operated in northwest Albuquerque. Reyos admitted that on April 12, 2016, he drove Greene to a parking lot in Albuquerque, where Greene sold approximately 423.8 grams of heroin to an undercover law enforcement agent.

Reyos and Greene both remain in custody pending sentencing hearings, which have yet to be scheduled. Reyos faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Greene will be sentenced within the range of 60 to 87 months in federal prison. Each will be on supervised release for a term to be determined by the court after completing his prison sentence. Reyos and Greene jointly will be required to forfeit $28,135 in cash in addition to paying a money judgment in the amount of $28,250. In addition, Greene will have to forfeit a handgun and a gold necklace set with 1,728 natural diamonds valued at $11,555.

This case was investigated by the Albuquerque office of the DEA. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kristopher Houghton and Alexander Uballez are prosecuting the case as part of the New Mexico Heroin and Opioid Prevention and Education (HOPE) Initiative. The HOPE Initiative was launched in January 2015 by the UNM Health Sciences Center and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in response to the national opioid epidemic which has had a disproportionately devastating impact on New Mexico. Opioid addiction has taken a toll on public safety, public health and the economic viability of our communities.

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