A Honduran national extradited to the Bay Area has been sentenced to five years in federal prison after admitting he sold fentanyl in and around Oakland on three separate occasions in 2022.
Javier Marin-Gonzales, 26, pleaded guilty on Dec. 17, 2025, to distributing fentanyl in the Bay Area. U.S. District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. handed down a 60-month prison term, followed by four years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California.
Federal prosecutors said Marin-Gonzales was indicted by a grand jury on Aug. 2, 2023, and that the same investigation led to charges and convictions for two other East Bay defendants who traveled to San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood to traffic fentanyl. After the indictment, Marin-Gonzales returned to Honduras, which sparked an international search and eventually led to his extradition back to the United States.
Prosecutors Say Oakland Deals Topped 690 Grams
Reporting by SFGATE traces the case through court records and plea documents that spell out the scope of the drug sales. According to that reporting, Marin-Gonzales sold about 690.4 grams of fentanyl to a buyer at several Oakland locations in 2022, beginning as early as July of that year.
Extradition And Interagency Cooperation
Once investigators learned Marin-Gonzales had left the country, the case quickly turned into an international operation. The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs worked with Honduran authorities, along with the FBI and the DEA, to locate, arrest, and extradite him, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office…