A citizen of Mexico who resided in Renton was sentenced to an additional five years on top of his original five-year sentence after he failed to report to federal prison and was stopped carrying 13 kilos of cocaine and a loaded handgun.
On July 30, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reported that Humberto Lopez-Rodriguez, 31, of Renton, but a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced to an additional five years in prison after he failed to report to federal prison. In December 2023, he was stopped in Lompoc, California, heading to Washington carrying 13 kilos of cocaine and a loaded hand gun. According to the DOJ, at the time of his arrest, Lopez-Rodriguez had been ordered to turn himself into a federal prison to serve a five-year sentence, but he had yet to do so.
According to court documents, Lopez-Rodriguez’s first five-year sentence was for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking charges stemming from a Jan. 16, 2020, raid in Federal Way. According to documents, Lopez-Rodriguez was arrested inside a home in the 100 block of SW 305th Street in Federal Way that was used as a drug stash house…