Main Defendant in a Drug Trafficking Operation is Sentenced to Prison

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Pedro De Jesus Figueroa-Roman, 20, was sentenced to 53 months' imprisonment, and three years of supervised release after admitting to possession of 14,000 fentanyl pills with intent to distribute.

The sentence, imposed by U.S. District Court Judge David Barlow, comes after Figueroa-Roman's co-defendant, Juan Robles-Ramos, pleaded guilty in April 2024 to the possession of heroin with intent to distribute. In July 2024, Robles-Ramos was sentenced to 42 months' imprisonment and three years' supervised release.

According to court documents and admissions made at Figueroa-Roman's change of plea and sentencing hearings, beginning in July 2023, he was selling large amounts of narcotics on behalf of a Mexican drug trafficking organization. In July 2023, an undercover officer purchased 472 grams of methamphetamine from Figueroa-Roman. Two months later, law enforcement arranged and completed a second controlled narcotics purchase with Figueroa-Roman's co-defendant, Robles Ramos. On October 5, 2023, law enforcement seized 14,000 pills of field tested positive fentanyl, 1,435 grams of field-tested positive heroin, and $4,192 in U.S. currency at a residence in Clearfield, Utah, where both Figueroa-Roman and Robles-Ramos were residing.

United States Attorney Trina A. Higgins of the District of Utah made the announcement.

The FBI Wasatch Metro Drug Task Force (WMDTF) consisting of the FBI and Davis Metro Narcotics Strike Force (DMNSF) investigated the case.

This effort is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at https://www.justice.gov/ocdetf.