SHERMAN, Texas — A Dallas auto mechanic has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine and cocaine, according to U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.
Jose Cruz Badillo-Rivera, a 50-year-old resident of Dallas, Texas, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine. U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant III handed down the sentence on April 14, 2026.
Court documents revealed that in January 2020, an ongoing drug trafficking investigation in the Eastern District of Texas identified Badillo-Rivera as a distributor of multi-kilogram quantities of methamphetamine. He was found to be negotiating drug transactions at his Dallas automotive mechanic shop…