Pedro Alberto Quiroz Ayala, Meth Trafficking, Missouri 2024

Kansas City, MO – A Mexican National was sentenced in federal court today for possessing more than 56 pounds of methamphetamine.

Pedro Alberto Quiroz Ayala, 22, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to 11 years in prison without parole for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.

On September 3, 2024, a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper pulled over a gray 2011 Acura MDX on Interstate 29, near the N.W. 112th Street exit in Kansas City, MO.

Ayala, who did not have a valid driver’s license, was driving the Acura, with a female juvenile in the front passenger seat and other adults in the back seat. When the trooper searched the vehicle, he found a large duffle bag in the third-row seating area that contained approximately 55.6 pounds of methamphetamine.

Ayala told investigators that he drove to Omaha, Neb., to pick up drugs and that he was going to receive approximately $2,000 for his help in transporting the drugs.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

Pedro Alberto Quiroz Ayala, Mexican National, was sentenced to 11 years in prison without parole for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute in Kansas City, MO.

Mandatory Facts: Defendant: Pedro Alberto Quiroz Ayala, Crime: Possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, City and State: Kansas City, MO, Date: September 3, 2024, Sentence: 11 years in prison without parole, Dollar Amount: None applicable.

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