YUBA COUNTY, Calif. — Three Stockton residents have pleaded guilty in a drug trafficking case stemming from a multi-agency investigation led by the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration, authorities said.
Officials said the investigation targeted a heroin trafficking operation that supplied drugs throughout Northern California, including the Yuba-Sutter region. It began in September 2022 and focused on Alberto Ojeda Lopez, 69; his wife, Maria Medina Silvas, 66; and their daughter, Alecsa Ojeda de Oregel, 44.
According to the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office, investigators identified the family as key participants in a drug distribution network operating out of their Stockton home. Deputies said undercover officers did multiple controlled purchases of heroin from members of the Ojeda family during the investigation…