Jorge Huerta-Garcia, 31, a Mexican citizen, was sentenced to 204 months in federal prison for illegal reentry after removal, narcotics conspiracy, and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. He was convicted in August 2024 on immigration charges and in March 2025 on drug and firearms offenses. Authorities said the case involved about 643 kilograms of cocaine. After completing his sentence, Huerta-Garcia will face removal proceedings, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
On November 28, 2023, authorities found 39.46 kilograms of cocaine in a Chevrolet Silverado driven by Jorge Huerta-Garcia in Hidalgo County, with passenger Alvino Lozoya-Ramon and accomplice Juan Alberto Monroy-Villanueva also involved in moving the drugs. Huerta-Garcia escaped at the time, but Lozoya-Ramon was arrested. In March 2024, Huerta-Garcia was taken into custody, and officers found an AR-10 rifle, ammunition, and magazines. Records showed he had previously been convicted of a firearms offense, removed from the U.S. in June 2022, and had reentered the country illegally, as reported by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Co-conspirators Lozoya-Ramon and Monroy-Villanueva, both Mexican citizens illegally in the U.S., pleaded guilty to cocaine distribution charges. Lozoya-Ramon was sentenced to 120 months and Monroy-Villanueva to 48 months. Their cases, along with Huerta-Garcia’s, were investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Cameron County Sheriff’s Office, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Oscar Ponce as part of Operation Take Back America, as stated by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
