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California Fentanyl Trafficking Ring Busted
In a significant blow to the state’s opioid epidemic, three defendants have been sentenced for their involvement in a Sacramento-based fentanyl trafficking organization.
The DTO, led by Jose Lopez-Zamora, was responsible for importing tens of thousands of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone ‘M-30’ pills from Mexico and distributing them in northern California and elsewhere.
Rudi Jean Carlos Flores, 29, of Manteca, was sentenced to 10 years and one month in prison for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine.
According to court documents, Flores was a Manteca-based distributor for the Lopez-Zamora DTO. During a federal wiretap in October through December 2020, agents intercepted calls in which Flores ordered 1,000 or more M-30 pills from Lopez-Zamora on multiple occasions.
Agents searched Flores’s residence on Jan. 13, 2021, and found about 400 M-30 fentanyl pills, $33,470 in cash, and two loaded handguns. Text messages on Flores’s seized phone revealed that he informed an associate that there would be retaliation if someone ‘snitched’ on them.
The case is the product of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other law enforcement agencies.
Assistant U.S. Attorney David W. Spencer is prosecuting the case.
Mandatory Facts:
- Defendant: Rudi Jean Carlos Flores
- Criminal Charges: Conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine
- City and State: Manteca, California
- Exact Date: January 13, 2021
- Sentence: 10 years and one month in prison
- Dollar Amounts: $33,470 in cash
Key Facts
- State: California
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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