A Texas man, Saul Macedo-Rodriguez, age 38, has been handed a decade-long prison sentence following convictions for serious drug trafficking offenses. As detailed in court documents, Macedo-Rodriguez engaged in distributing significant quantities of cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin within the Eastern District of Louisiana. He was sentenced on April 30, 2025, to one hundred twenty months in prison, will follow that with three years of supervised release, and is also subject to pay a $200 mandatory special assessment fee.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana confirmed that Macedo-Rodriguez had previously pleaded guilty to both conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, over five kilograms of cocaine. His activities were part of a wider investigation by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF), which aims to systematically disrupt and dismantle the workings of high-level drug trafficking, money laundering, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations posing a threat to the United States.
The OCDETF approach is a collaborative effort that combines the expertise and resources of various federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. This particular investigation saw the coordinated efforts of several departments, including the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Orleans Field Division Office, the FBI, the United States Border Patrol, and multiple police and sheriff's departments from the region. Assistant United States Attorney Lynn E. Schiffman of the Narcotics Unit is credited with handling the prosecution.
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