SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Three undocumented Mexican nationals residing in Utah have been charged with multiple drug offenses following a federal grand jury indictment. The charges stem from the seizure of significant quantities of fentanyl and heroin from their homes and vehicles.
Silvano Gonzalez Venavidez, also known as Eduardo Torres-Zepeda, 34; Edgar Ulises Torres Cervantes, also known as Juan Maldonado Garcia, 38; and Carlos Roberto Limon Martinez, 21, all from Mexico and living in Salt Lake City, were charged on January 15, 2026. The FBI Wasatch Metro Drug Task Force initiated an investigation in November 2025, suspecting the trio and their organization of distributing large quantities of narcotics in Utah, according to court documents.
On January 13, 2026, agents executed search warrants on the defendants’ residences and vehicles. Martinez was found with approximately 135.08 grams of heroin and 513.35 grams of fentanyl, equivalent to about 5,000 fentanyl pills, in a concealed vehicle compartment. Additional searches yielded 14,982 grams of fentanyl, approximately 150,000 pills, and 427.03 grams of heroin from Venavidez’s residence, and 204.54 grams of heroin and 879.04 grams of fentanyl, about 8,000 pills, from Cervantes’s vehicle…