SACRAMENTO, California — Sandro Escobedo, a 37-year-old from Sacramento, received a 22-year prison sentence for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine.
Fifteen other defendants have pleaded guilty, with 13 already sentenced to prison terms ranging from 19 months to 27 years. The case resulted from an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from multiple agencies, including Homeland Security Investigations and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs collaborated with Mexican authorities to extradite Luis Lopez Zamora to the United States. Assistant U.S. Attorney David W. Spencer is prosecuting the case…