EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A grand jury has indicted a man federal officials identify as a large-scale fentanyl and heroin distributor in New Mexico, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said on Wednesday.
Jose Magaña Garcia, a Mexican citizen illegally present in the United States, allegedly sold 2,000 fentanyl pills to an undercover officer that he delivered through intermediaries on Aug. 13 in Albuquerque.
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Federal agents tracked Magana to an apartment in northeast Albuquerque and allegedly recorded him conducting drug transactions and using sudden and unpredictable driving tactics to detect if he was being followed.
On Aug. 27, agents executed a search warrant at Magaña’s apartment and found 8 kilograms of fentanyl pills, 4 kilos of heroin and more than an ounce of methamphetamine, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico.
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Law enforcement officials also found packaging materials at the apartment and arrested Magaña there. The grand jury has charged him with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and heroin. He faces up to life in prison if convicted…