United States of America v. Jacob Andrew Mendoza

Del Rio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking.

Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 35 Years in Federal Prison

A Brownwood man was sentenced in a federal court in Del Rio to 420 months in prison for conspiring to import and possess methamphetamine for a drug trafficking organization.



Jacob Andrew Mendoza, 37, of Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico was held accountable for supplying multiple illicit drugs to be smuggled into the U.S., including 56.8 kilograms of methamphetamine along with heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine, and "Ice” with a purity level of 99%.



Mendoza was indicted in December 2020 for one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of conspiracy to import methamphetamine. He was taken into federal custody May 26, 2021 in San Angelo and pleaded guilty to both charges of the indictment on Oct. 17, 2022.



"Mendoza was a career offender and the leader of a Mexican drug trafficking organization that set out to profit from trafficking their drugs into our communities,” said U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza for the Western District of Texas. "Thanks to our partners at Homeland Security Investigations, federal law enforcement has dismantled another DTO and aggressively prosecuted many of its members.”



"This lengthy sentence highlights the success of HSI's collaborative efforts in combating drug trafficking along the southern border,” said Special Agent in Charge Craig Larrabee for HSI San Antonio. "HSI is committed to holding those accountable who recklessly push this poison into our communities.”



HSI investigated the case.



Assistant U.S. Attorneys Tyler Fleming and Larry Fadler prosecuted the case.

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 420 months in prison