Sacramento Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking
Sentencing at U.S. District Court in Sacramento
A 24-year-old Sacramento man has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for his role in distributing counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl on behalf of a Mexico-based drug trafficking network.
U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb handed down the 51-month sentence to Brayan Missael Nunez-Mendoza following his conviction for distributing fentanyl and para-fluor fentanyl, a dangerous fentanyl analogue, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced.
According to prosecutors, on Sept. 29, 2022, Nunez-Mendoza sold roughly 1,000 counterfeit oxycodone “M-30” pills to a confidential source in Sacramento in exchange for $2,500. Laboratory testing confirmed the pills contained both fentanyl and para-fluor fentanyl, which federal authorities say have been tied to a surge in overdose deaths across the country.
The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with support from Homeland Security Investigations, the FBI, the California Highway Patrol, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, and the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office.
