Las Vegas Man Sentenced to 84 Months for Trafficking Methamphetamine and Fentanyl and Laundering Drug Proceeds to Mexico
LAS VEGAS — In Las Vegas, a city in Clark County, Nevada, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 9 that Efrain Cabada-Martinez was sentenced to 84 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl and to launder drug proceeds to Mexico.
United States District Judge Cristina D. Silva imposed the sentence. The government had recommended a sentence of 84 months in prison.
According to court documents, between June 2025 and January 14, 2026, Cabada-Martinez conspired with co-defendants Juan Carlos Cabada-Mendoza, Isaac Theojaris Tapia-Cabada, and others to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl in Las Vegas. He also conspired with employees at a money services business in Las Vegas to send drug proceeds from Las Vegas to drug suppliers in Mexico.
Cabada-Martinez pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
First Assistant United States Attorney Sigal Chattah for the District of Nevada announced the sentence. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigated the case, and Assistant United States Attorney Joshua Brister prosecuted it.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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