SACRAMENTO, California — An indictment has been unsealed charging 41-year-old Hugo Alberto Herrera Rodriguez, a Mexican national residing unlawfully in California, with multiple drug-related offenses.
The indictment, returned on June 13, 2024, accuses Herrera Rodriguez of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, distributing these drugs, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to U.S. Attorney Eric Grant. Herrera Rodriguez was arrested in Grass Valley on Tuesday.
Court documents reveal that between June 2019 and October 2019, Herrera Rodriguez led a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization that distributed methamphetamine and heroin throughout northern California. He allegedly conspired with others in Sacramento, San Joaquin, Placer, Nevada, and Stanislaus Counties to transfer drug proceeds from the United States to Mexico, concealing the source and ownership of the money…