California Man Sentenced to 32 Months in New Orleans Fentanyl Conspiracy Case
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced that Jesus Mora Rodriguez, 56, of California, was sentenced on October 13, 2026, in federal court in New Orleans, Louisiana, by U.S. District Judge Darrel James Papillion to 32 months in prison for a drug conspiracy, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Rodriguez had previously pleaded guilty to the drug conspiracy charge.
According to court records, beginning at least by February 28, 2025, and continuing until about the date of the indictment, in the Eastern District of Louisiana and elsewhere, Rodriguez conspired to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, 400 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl.
The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle announced the sentence, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Briana Williams of the Narcotics Unit is prosecuting the case. The prosecution is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative; the New Orleans task force comprises agents and officers from the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the DEA and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, with prosecutions led by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana, targeting criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States.
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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