Houston Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine

A 59-year-old man in Houston was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for conspiring to seek to distribute a sizable quantity of methamphetamine. In late August, U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani’s office announced that Abiel Gudino-Garcia, a Mexican resident of Houston, had confessed guilt to trying to handle more than half a kilogram of the drug. Gudino first claimed to have only bought diesel, but once the evidence became indisputable, he admitted knowledge of the narcotics transaction, which led the U.S. Attorney’s Office to report Chief U.S. District Judge Randy Crane to impose the punishment.

Authorities in the Rio Grande Valley intercepted the accused’s planned pickup of an 80-gallon consignment of liquid meth after he conspired to illegally obtain and transport it in April 2018. Unaware that he was scheduled to meet traffickers in Houston, Gudino brought $15,000 to complete the purchase and showed up with empty fuel tanks that were intended to be used for smuggling the drugs. Following the incident, Gudino thought he received what he thought was meth from law enforcement, with an undercover agent successfully posing as a narcotics dealer. He was caught by authorities after they followed him home.

“This operation demonstrates the unwavering commitment to protecting our communities from the scourge of meth trafficking,” according to the news statement issued by U.S. Attorney Hamdani. He underlined how the effective operation helped to improve public safety by sabotaging the operations of deadly drug networks. Gudino was placed under arrest shortly after the sentencing and is presently awaiting transfer to an unspecified Bureau of Prisons institution.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Laura Garcia and Cahal P. McColgan prosecuted the case, which was overseen by the Drug Enforcement Administration.

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