A Sinaloa, Mexico, man was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to 20 years in prison without parole for his leadership role in a multi-state fentanyl distribution and money laundering conspiracy, according to the United State’s Attorney.
Raymundo Guadalupe Felix-Perez, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark. In addition to his prison term, the judge ordered five years of supervised release and a money judgment of $80,000.
Felix-Perez pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The drug trafficking operation spanned from October 2020 to January 2023.
According to court documents, Felix-Perez began selling “M30” fentanyl pills to a co-conspirator in the Western District of Missouri in late 2020. Even after returning to Mexico prior to his indictment, Felix-Perez continued to coordinate the distribution of fentanyl to associates in Missouri, Iowa, Arizona, and Idaho.
Federal authorities arrested Felix-Perez on June 30, 2024, as he attempted to enter the United States through the Southern District of California.
Felix-Perez was the final defendant to be sentenced in a sweeping investigation that initially charged Troy Lee Palmer and Dallas W. Hughs. Other members of the conspiracy previously sentenced include:
- Craig Troester
- Dakota Morris
- Cassidie Bumgarner
- Lucas Coltrain
- Jessica Moody
- Joshua Stramel
- Kaden Bernard
