A Wilsonville woman was sentenced Wednesday to federal prison for laundering millions of dollars in drug proceeds as the primary money launderer for a drug trafficking organization operating in the Pacific Northwest and California, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.
Jacqueline Paola Rodriguez Barrientos, 44, received a 57-month federal prison sentence, followed by three years of supervised release, officials said.
“While individuals like Ms. Rodriguez Barrientos conceal the profits of drug enterprises, the losses fall on far too many Americans and their families,” said Adam Jobes, special agent in charge of IRS Criminal Investigation’s Seattle Field Office, in a statement. “We will continue doing our part to expose the finances of criminal organizations.”
Court documents reveal that in fall 2021, special agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Portland began investigating a drug trafficking operation suspected of moving counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and heroin from California to Oregon and Washington for distribution.