A Honduran man extradited to the United States has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking. U.S. District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. delivered the sentence to Javier Marin-Gonzales, 26, following his guilty plea to distributing 40 grams or more of fentanyl.
Marin-Gonzales was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 2, 2023, for selling fentanyl on three separate occasions. The investigation also resulted in charges and convictions against two other individuals from the East Bay who traveled to San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood for fentanyl trafficking.
Authorities discovered that Marin-Gonzales had returned to Honduras at the time of his indictment. The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs coordinated with Honduran authorities, the FBI, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to facilitate his arrest and extradition.
On December 17, 2025, Marin-Gonzales admitted he began selling fentanyl in the Bay Area as early as July 2022 as a means of earning income. He sold a total of 690.4 grams of fentanyl during three transactions in Oakland in 2022.
United States Attorney Craig H. Missakian, FBI Special Agent in Charge Sanjay Virmani, and DEA Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris announced the sentencing.
In addition to his prison term, Marin-Gonzales received four years of supervised release and was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment.
The prosecution is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159: Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is an interagency partnership focused on dismantling criminal cartels and transnational organizations involved in crimes such as drug trafficking and human smuggling within the United States and abroad. The task force places particular emphasis on crimes involving children and works to prosecute violent criminal aliens.
HSTF San Francisco includes agents from both the FBI and IRS, with prosecutions led by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Charles Bisesto and Ben Wolinsky are prosecuting this case with assistance from Sara Slattery and Andy Ding. The investigation involved collaboration between the FBI SAFE Streets Task Force, DEA, and Concord Police Department.
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