Amarillo resident pleads guilty to drug smuggling related charges

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas reported that two people pleaded guilty to drug charges including a resident from Amarillo.

According to a news release from the USAO, two people pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import 11.65 kilograms of fentanyl from Mexico.

The Attorney’s office said Taneka Desha Felder, 27, Amarillo, and Gustavo Morales Aguilar, 40, a naturalized U.S. citizen living in Dumas, were said to have admitted they traveled into Mexico in December.

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The two were alleged to have allowed drug smugglers to load their car with 10 bundles of fentanyl powder in a hidden compartment in the car before attempting to enter the US from Mexico at the Lincoln Juarez International Bridge…

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