Las Vegas, NV (Nevada Dept of Justice) - A Mexican national was sentenced to 18 months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for his role in a drug trafficking organization to sell fentanyl pills from Mexico in Las Vegas.
According to court documents and admissions made in court, 22-year-old Jorge Olivarria-Gomez came to the United States illegally to work on behalf of a drug trafficking organization to sell fentanyl in the United States.
He admitted that on or about April 26, 2023, a co-defendant directed him to deliver 500 fentanyl pills. When he arrived at the parking lot, he sold the pills for $750.
In 2023, the DEA Clark County Gang Task Force began investigating co-defendant Esteban Quezada, also known as “Pelon,” who was running a drug trafficking organization from Mexico.
Quezada coordinated the delivery of drugs from Mexico to associates in the United States, including in Las Vegas, Nevada. Quezada would send couriers from Nayrit, Mexico to the United States to distribute the narcotics to customers. Initially, Olivarria-Gomez was working as a courier in Las Vegas and then eventually moved to Colorado where he continued to distribute narcotics.
In December 2024, Olivarria-Gomez pleaded guilty to distribution of a controlled substance.