Efren Alexander Aviles-Pacheco, 29, of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, who was illegally living in Ontario, Oregon, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Idaho announced Dec. 13.
According to court records, Aviles-Pacheco was arrested Nov. 22, 2022, in a Nampa motel room where officers found 122 grams of methamphetamine, 365 grams of fentanyl, 29 grams of cocaine, $3,415 in cash, and a 9mm handgun.
“Through his repeated involvement in this longstanding drug trafficking operation in Oregon, this defendant has earned every day of his 15-year sentence,” said U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit.
In 2019, the department reported that Aviles-Pacheco was previously convicted on the same charge in the District of Idaho.
He was sentenced Feb. 12, 2019, to 46 months in prison and deported to Mexico after serving his sentence, the department confirmed.
Shortly after deportation, he illegally returned to the U.S. and resumed drug trafficking, the U.S. attorney’s office added.