Mexican National Sentenced to more than 11 Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Charge

United States Attorney Susan T. Lehr announced that Emeterio Sepulveda-Moreno, age 43, of Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, after having pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Sepulveda-Moreno to 135 months’ imprisonment. After completing his term of imprisonment Sepulveda-Moreno will be deported to Mexico as he is not a United States citizen.

On June 22, 2021, a cooperating defendant was arrested after a search warrant executed on his Omaha residence revealed 28 one-pound packages of crystal meth, and $18,754 in narcotics proceeds. In a post-arrest interview, the cooperator admitted to his involvement in distributing meth and identified Sepulveda-Moreno as an individual responsible for delivering hundreds of pounds of meth to Omaha, including the 28 pounds found in the cooperator’s possession. The cooperator described a June 19, 2021, delivery of drug proceeds to Sepulveda-Moreno at an Omaha gas station in exchange for the meth he was caught with 2 days earlier. Agents retrieved video surveillance from the gas station showing the cooperator giving Sepulveda-Moreno a black suitcase containing drug proceeds. A short time later at a different location, Sepulveda-Moreno delivered the meth to the cooperator. 

The $18,754 seized on June 22, 2021, was previously forfeited to the United States as proceeds from narcotics trafficking, and the cooperator was previously sentenced to 151 months’ imprisonment.

This case was the result of an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations.