Paul Alejandro Felix, 25, of Glendale, California, was sentenced Tuesday to 164 months in prison for participating in a wide-spread narcotics trafficking conspiracy that distributed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills purchased in Southern California to destinations throughout the United States, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Columbia.
According to court documents, Felix operated as a primary supplier of fentanyl-laced pills in Los Angeles, providing thousands of pills at times for less than a dollar each to other local traffickers, including major suppliers of counterfeit oxycodone pills to traffickers in Washington, D.C.
Evidence from seized communications and physical evidence indicates Felix transferred tens of thousands of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills to downstream distributors, the department reported.
On November 16, 2023, law enforcement officers arrested Felix at his Glendale, California, residence, where they found a Sig Sauer 9mm semi-automatic handgun loaded with seven rounds, along with multiple rounds and firearm magazines of various calibers.