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Luis Angel Rivera-Huezo Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Trafficking
PORTLAND, Ore.—Luis Angel Rivera-Huezo, 31, of Hillsboro, Oregon, was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release for his role in a drug distribution organization responsible for trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl into the Portland Metropolitan Area.
According to court documents, Rivera-Huezo was identified as the regional cell leader of an international and interstate drug trafficking organization based in Mexico. Investigators documented numerous incidents wherein Rivera-Huezo, with assistance of multiple co-conspirators, arranged for drugs to be transported from various locations outside of Oregon, including Mexico, California, and Washington State, into the Portland area for further distribution.
As part of the investigation, DEA agents and other assisting law enforcement officials seized multiple loads of narcotics Rivera-Huezo had arranged for transport to Portland.
Between November 1, 2022, and the time of the investigation, investigators had located and seized more than 125 pounds of methamphetamine, more than six pounds each of fentanyl and heroin, a smaller distribution quantity of cocaine, and nine firearms connected to the Rivera-Huezo network.
On June 7, 2022, a federal grand jury in Portland returned an indictment charging Rivera-Huezo and 10 other individuals with conspiring with one another to possess with intent to distribute and distribute controlled substance and use a communication facility. On June 12, 2023, Rivera-Huezo pleaded guilty to a one-count superseding indictment charging him with the same.
Two of Rivera-Huezo’s co-conspirators have pleaded guilty and been sentenced to federal prison, seven have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing, and a tenth co-conspirator is scheduled to plead guilty later this month.
The case was investigated by the DEA Portland District Office in conjunction with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Tigard Police Department (TPD), and the Westside Interagency Narcotics (WIN) Team. It was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.
WIN is a Washington County, Oregon-based interagency drug interdiction task force that includes members from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Beaverton and Hillsboro Police Departments, Oregon National Guard Counter Drug Program, DEA, FBI, and HSI.
This prosecution is the result of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the U.S. by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.
Key Facts
- State: Oregon
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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