YUBA COUNTY, CA — JANUARY 28TH 2026
“A multi-agency investigation led by the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has resulted in guilty pleas from three Stockton residents involved in a heroin trafficking operation that supplied drugs throughout Northern California, including the Yuba-Sutter region.
The investigation, that began in September 2022, focused on Alberto Ojeda Lopez, 69, his wife, Maria Medina Silvas, 66, and their daughter, Alecsa Ojeda de Oregel, 44. With assistance from Homeland Security Investigations and IRS Criminal Investigation, agents identified the family as key participants in a drug distribution network operating out of their Stockton home…