Sacramento Drug Kingpin Rosario Zamora Rojo Gets 9 Years for Fentanyl, Meth Trafficking

GRIMY TIMES EXCLUSIVE: In a gritty victory against the drug underworld, Sacramento’s Rosario Zamora Rojo, 41, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd for his role in a massive fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking operation.

According to court documents, Zamora Rojo served as a key supplier within an organization that flooded northern California with tens of thousands of deadly fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills, sourced from Mexico. His distribution efforts spanned from May 2019 to January 2021.

The Sacramento drug dealer’s reign of terror came to an end when he supplied a pound of meth to co-defendant Jose Lopez-Zamora in November 2020. The drugs were seized by law enforcement, who also nabbed Zamora Rojo after he fled to Mexico.

But his escape was short-lived. In December 2020, Zamora Rojo returned to the U.S., where he once again supplied the organization with thousands of fentanyl-laced pills and access to a storage unit in Sacramento. The DEA’s relentless pursuit led to the seizure of over 13,000 fentanyl M-30 pills, methamphetamine, heroin, and six firearms from his storage unit.

Fourteen other co-defendants have already pleaded guilty, with sentences ranging from 19 months to 27 years. Jose Aguilar Saucedo awaits sentencing in July 2025, while Luis Lopez Zamora, Sandro Escobedo, Leonardo Flores Beltran, and Erika Gabriela Zamora Rojo are scheduled for August and December of the same year.

This landmark case was a result of a massive multi-agency investigation, including the DEA, Homeland Security Investigations, FBI, ATF, US Marshals Service, US Postal Inspection Service, local law enforcement agencies, and international cooperation with Mexican authorities. Assistant U.S. Attorney David W. Spencer is leading the prosecution.

The investigation was conducted under the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF), a multi-agency approach dedicated to dismantling high-level criminal organizations threatening the United States. For more information, visit Justice.gov/OCDETF.

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