Fentanyl Kingpin Pleads Guilty to International Trafficking Charges
· Texas Border Business
Hernan Geovani Ojeda Elenes, a 48-year-old Mexican national from Culiacan, pleaded guilty to charges related to the manufacturing and distribution of fentanyl for import into the U.S. He admitted to obtaining precursor chemicals from China and producing fentanyl in a Mexican lab, contributing to the opioid crisis. Ojeda Elenes was part of a drug trafficking organization linked to the Sinaloa Cartel, responsible for several metric tons of fentanyl. He faces a minimum of 10 years and a maximum of life in prison. A sentencing date has yet to be determined, and the case is under investigation by the DEA and HSI.
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