Jose Luis Aguilar Saucedo, 26, of Sacramento, was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl pills, Acting U.S. Attorney Kimberly A. Sanchez announced. Court documents state that Saucedo distributed counterfeit M-30 oxycodone pills that contained fentanyl, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
In early 2020, Saucedo provided fentanyl substitutes to a Drug Enforcement Administration confidential source on several occasions. As part of a larger crackdown, 15 co-defendants have pleaded guilty and received sentences ranging from 19 months to 27 years. More sentences are expected, including for Luis Lopez Zamora in August 2025, Leonardo Flores Beltran and Sandro Escobedo in October 2025, and Erika Gabriela Zamora Rojo in December 2025, as reported by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
A fentanyl distribution crackdown involved the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Marshals Service, and local agencies including the Sacramento and Yuba City Police Departments. The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs worked with Mexican authorities to arrest and extradite Luis Lopez Zamora. The case is part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, which targets major criminal organizations. Assistant U.S. Attorney David W. Spencer is prosecuting the case, noting OCDETF’s use of “a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach,” as stated by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
