Second Defendant in Largest Methamphetamine Seizure in New Jersey History Admits Drug Conspiracy: Carlos H. Cordero-Gutierrez Hauled Over 260 Pounds, Sentencing Set for March 23, 2027
U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer for the District of New Jersey announced that Carlos H. Cordero-Gutierrez, 54, of Juarez City, Mexico, has pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Karen M. Williams in Camden federal court to a one-count Information charging him with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The more than 260 pounds of methamphetamine he transported was the largest seizure of the drug in New Jersey history. Sentencing is scheduled for March 23, 2027; the charge carries a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life imprisonment, and a fine of up to $10 million.
According to documents filed in the case and statements made in court, in April 2026 Cordero-Gutierrez picked up a shipment containing hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine in a tractor-trailer truck in Texas for delivery to New Jersey, arriving on April 28, 2026. After he brought the truck to a pre-arranged delivery location, officers arrested him and another co-conspirator, Marcos Cesar Acosta, and seized three black storage boxes, one duffel bag, and a garbage bag from the truck cab, all containing methamphetamine weighing in total more than 260 pounds.
Acosta previously pleaded guilty on August 5, 2026, before Judge Williams to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine; his sentencing is scheduled for December 17, 2026.
Frazer credited special agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and its Camden Resident Office with the investigation, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Newark, and IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan S. Garelick.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：位于 New Jersey 州 Camden 的 Mitchell H. Cohen 联邦法院大楼（新泽西区联邦地区法院 Camden 驻地、本案认罪法庭所在地）。照片：Hudconja 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The Mitchell H. Cohen U.S. Courthouse in Camden, New Jersey, where the guilty plea was entered. Photo: Hudconja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
