司法部：与墨西哥贩毒集团关联的 Oscar Salvador Pelayo-Guzman 在 Newark 认罪，涉约20公斤可卡因运毒案
美国司法部新泽西区联邦检察官办公室10月29日宣布，现年55岁的墨西哥公民 Oscar Salvador Pelayo-Guzman 已在位于 Newark 的联邦法院认罪，承认参与一宗可卡因贩运共谋；检方指其与墨西哥 Jalisco New Generation Cartel 有关联，并是一个以 Kansas City 为基地的贩毒组织的主要成员。联邦检察官 Robert Frazer 公布了这一认罪消息，案件由联邦地区法官 Jamel K. Semper 受理。
根据检方在法庭上陈述的案情，Pelayo-Guzman 与同伙自2025年1月起共谋把大批可卡因运往 New Jersey。2025年4月，他亲自前往 New Jersey，安排将约20公斤可卡因从加利福尼亚州用卡车运至 Newark，交付后换取逾30万美元现金。运送毒品的两名同案被告在交易后被执法人员逮捕，Pelayo-Guzman 随后也被捕。
同案被告 Jose Manuel Amaya Villarreal 与 Reymond Alex Avina Samaniego 均为加利福尼亚州居民，此前已分别认罪。Villarreal 已于2026年8月7日被判处57个月监禁；Samaniego 的量刑定于2026年11月9日进行。
Pelayo-Guzman 所认的可卡因共谋罪名法定最低刑期为10年监禁，最高可判终身监禁，并可处最高1,000万美元罚款。其量刑定于2027年3月1日进行，最终刑期由联邦法官裁量。
检方表示，此案由缉毒局（DEA）特工牵头调查，国土安全部国土安全调查局、税务局刑事调查处以及 Monmouth 县、Ocean 县检察官办公室和多地警局协助。此案属于司法部在全国推行的 Operation Take Back America 行动的一部分。公诉人是新泽西区联邦检察官办公室刑事处的助理联邦检察官 Jonathan S. Garelick。
DOJ: Oscar Salvador Pelayo-Guzman, Linked to Mexican Cartel, Pleads Guilty in Newark to Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy Involving About 20 Kilograms
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey announced on October 29 that Oscar Salvador Pelayo-Guzman, 55, a Mexican national most recently living in Kansas, pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark to a cocaine trafficking conspiracy. U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced the plea, which was entered before U.S. District Judge Jamel K. Semper.
According to documents filed in the case and statements made in court, Pelayo-Guzman is associated with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Mexico and is a principal member of a Kansas City-based drug trafficking organization. Beginning in January 2025, he and his co-conspirators conspired to transport large quantities of cocaine to New Jersey. In April 2025, Pelayo-Guzman traveled to New Jersey and arranged for a shipment of approximately 20 kilograms of cocaine to be delivered to Newark from California by truck, in exchange for more than $300,000 in cash. The two couriers were arrested after the delivery, and Pelayo-Guzman was arrested shortly afterwards.
The two other defendants, Jose Manuel Amaya Villarreal and Reymond Alex Avina Samaniego, both of California, previously pleaded guilty. Villarreal was sentenced to 57 months in prison on August 7, 2026; Samaniego's sentencing is scheduled for November 9, 2026.
The cocaine conspiracy charge carries a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison, a maximum potential penalty of life in prison, and a fine of up to $10 million. Pelayo-Guzman's sentencing is scheduled for March 1, 2027.
The investigation was led by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations, IRS Criminal Investigation, the Monmouth and Ocean County prosecutors' offices and several local police departments. The case is part of Operation Take Back America. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan S. Garelick is prosecuting the case.
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