默塞德男子被控贩运数百公斤毒品：储藏单元藏160加仑液态甲基苯丙胺
2025年2月14日，美国司法部东加州区联邦检察官办公室宣布，一份联邦起诉书当天解封，指控居住在加利福尼亚州默塞德县默塞德市的男子 Jesus Magana Mellin 贩运数百公斤毒品。Magana Mellin 现年34岁，绰号「Compadre」，被控持有并意图分销甲基苯丙胺、可卡因、海洛因与芬太尼，以及共谋分销并持有、意图分销这些毒品。
根据法庭文件，2022年10月至11月间，Magana Mellin 与他人共谋，在加利福尼亚州及其他地方贩运大量受管制物质。代理联邦检察官 Michele Beckwith 宣布了这份起诉书的解封。
在一项由联邦、州与地方执法部门联合开展的调查之后，执法人员对与 Magana Mellin 贩毒团伙有关的两间储藏单元执行了搜查令。执法人员在储藏单元内发现160加仑液态甲基苯丙胺、158公斤晶体甲基苯丙胺、14公斤海洛因、7公斤可卡因，以及40克芬太尼丸。
司法部称，Magana Mellin 的三名同伙——Vanessa Arauza、Pedro Duarte Sanchez 与 Luis Higuera Lopez——已在本案中被起诉并被定罪。
本案由 FBI 与默塞德地区帮派与毒品执法组（MAGNET）调查，助理联邦检察官 Justin J. Gilio 负责起诉。本案属于「有组织犯罪毒品执法特别行动」（OCDETF）的一部分，也属于「合成阿片类药物激增行动」（Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge，简称 S.O.S.）的一部分；司法部称，后者旨在减少高影响地区致命合成阿片类药物的供应，并查明批发分销网络及国际与国内供应者，该计划于2018年7月设立，在东加州区及其他九个联邦司法区实施。
如果罪名成立，Magana Mellin 将面临最低强制刑期10年、最高法定刑罚终身监禁，并可处罚金1000万美元。司法部同时说明，任何刑期都将由法院在考虑适用的法定因素与《联邦量刑指南》后酌情决定。
这份起诉书中的指控仅为指控。Magana Mellin 在被法庭以排除合理怀疑的标准证明有罪之前，必须被推定为无罪。
（来源：美国司法部）
Merced Man Charged With Trafficking Hundreds of Kilograms of Drugs: 160 Gallons of Liquid Methamphetamine Found in Storage Units
On February 14, 2025, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California announced that a federal indictment was unsealed that day charging Jesus Magana Mellin, a man living in Merced, a city in Merced County, California, with trafficking hundreds of kilograms of drugs. Magana Mellin, 34, also known as "Compadre," was charged with possession with intent to distribute, and conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl.
According to court documents, between October and November of 2022, Magana Mellin conspired with others to traffic substantial amounts of controlled substances in California and elsewhere. Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith announced the unsealing of the indictment in Fresno, California.
After a joint federal, state, and local investigation, law enforcement officers executed search warrants on two storage units connected to Magana Mellin's drug trafficking ring. Inside the storage units, officers found 160 gallons of liquid methamphetamine, 158 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, 14 kilograms of heroin, 7 kilograms of cocaine, and 40 grams of fentanyl pills.
The Justice Department said three of Magana Mellin's associates - Vanessa Arauza, Pedro Duarte Sanchez, and Luis Higuera Lopez - have been charged and convicted in the case.
The case is the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Merced Area Gang and Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET). Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin J. Gilio is prosecuting the case. The case is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation, and part of Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S.), a program the Justice Department says is designed to reduce the supply of deadly synthetic opioids in high impact areas and to identify wholesale distribution networks and international and domestic suppliers; the department announced the creation of S.O.S. in July 2018, and it is being implemented in the Eastern District of California and nine other federal districts.
If convicted, Magana Mellin faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and a maximum statutory penalty of life in prison and a $10 million fine. The Justice Department noted that any sentence, however, would be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables.
The charge in the indictment is only an allegation; Magana Mellin is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：默塞德县历史法院大楼（建于1875年，现为县历史博物馆；本案被告来自默塞德县、毒品藏于该县储藏单元，资料图，Ron Johnson 摄，作者已放弃全部权利）。 / Photo: The historic Merced County Courthouse, built in 1875 and now the county history museum (file photo; the defendant is from Merced County and the drugs were stored in a storage unit there), by Ron Johnson, all rights released.
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