Mexican nationals sentenced to prison for drug trafficking
Posted/updated on: August 1, 2025 at 6:08 am
LONGVIEW – Two Mexican nationals illegally living in Longview, have been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the East Texas, according to a press release from the Acting U.S. Attorney’s office.
On May 2, 2024, two men were detained by law enforcement as passengers in a vehicle for a traffic violation. During the stop, officers deployed a K9 to conduct an open-air sniff of the vehicle, resulting in a positive alert for the presence of a controlled substance. A search of the vehicle led to the discovery of 2,972 grams of methamphetamine hidden in an interior void in the vehicle.
Immigration records revealed that both men were unlawfully present in the United States and that one of them, Julio Cesar Tello-Olmos, 49, was previously deported twice, onece following convictions for two separate felony DWIs.
Tello-Olmos pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison, and Omar Resendiz-Ibarra, 35, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced to 7 years.
