ATLANTA—Two men have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a scheme to ship and distribute tens of thousands of fentanyl-laced pills disguised as prescription medication.
Jorge Manuel Zamora Cano, 23, of Mesa, Arizona, was sentenced to ten years in prison and five years of supervised release on September 17. His co-conspirator, Walter Alexander Argueta-Aguilar, 21, an illegal alien from El Salvador, was sentenced to five years in prison on July 7 and will face deportation.
According to U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg, the investigation began in February 2024 when federal agents began investigating Argueta-Aguilar, who was receiving packages containing counterfeit M30 pills, a common imprint on legitimate oxycodone tablets. On March 19, 2024, agents intercepted a package sent from Cano to Argueta-Aguilar that contained over 125 grams of fentanyl-laced pills…