Jose Luis Aguilar Saucedo, a 26-year-old resident of Sacramento, has been sentenced to seven years and six months in federal prison for distributing fentanyl. The sentencing was handed down by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd on Monday, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Kimberly A. Sanchez.
Court documents state that Aguilar Saucedo sold hundreds of fentanyl pills disguised as prescription “M-30” oxycodone tablets to a confidential source working with the Drug Enforcement Administration on three occasions during March, April, and August 2020.
In connection with this case, fifteen co-defendants have entered guilty pleas. Eleven of those individuals have already received prison sentences ranging from 19 months to 27 years. Sentencing hearings for other defendants are scheduled later in 2025: Luis Lopez Zamora is set for August, Leonardo Flores Beltran and Sandro Escobedo in October, and Erika Gabriela Zamora Rojo in December.
The investigation involved multiple agencies including the Drug Enforcement Administration; Homeland Security Investigations; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the U.S. Marshals Service; the U.S. Postal Inspection Service; several local narcotics enforcement teams such as Yuba-Sutter Narcotic and Gang Enforcement Task Force (NET 5), Butte Interagency Narcotics Task Force (BINTF), Tri-County Drug Enforcement Team (TRIDENT); and law enforcement departments from Sacramento County, Sacramento city, Roseville, Manteca, Yuba City, and West Sacramento.
Mexican authorities assisted through cooperation facilitated by the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs to secure the arrest and extradition of defendant Luis Lopez Zamora from Mexico to the United States.
Assistant U.S. Attorney David W. Spencer is prosecuting this case.
The investigation was conducted under the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) program. OCDETF works to identify and dismantle major criminal organizations using a multi-agency approach led by prosecutors and driven by intelligence efforts. More details about OCDETF can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.
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