Woman who helped Fresno’s ‘M30 King’ guilty of drug distribution: DOJ

FRESNO, Calif. ( KSEE/KGPE ) – A woman described by federal prosecutors as the self-proclaimed assistant to the “M30 King” of Fresno was found guilty of a series of drug-related offenses involving fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine.

After a four-day trial, a federal jury found 23-year-old Alma Lucia Garza of Fresno guilty of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine – as well as possession with intent to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine.

The guilty verdict was announced on Friday.

According to the evidence presented at trial, Garza was a trusted assistant of the self-proclaimed M30 King of Fresno, Horacio Torrecillas Urias Jr . Between Nov. 2, 2021, and March 31, 2022, Garza conspired with Torrecillas Urias and others to obtain, directly from sources in Mexico, tens of thousands of counterfeit M30 fentanyl pills and large quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine.

According to the federal Department of Justice, the conspiracy included the distribution of these illicit drugs to drug dealers inside and outside of California. On Jan. 27, 2022, Garza mailed a package containing cocaine and methamphetamine to a co-defendant in New Mexico.

Law enforcement seized the package before it arrived at its destination. On Feb. 9, 2022, Talbert says Garza traveled with Torrecillas Urias to Sanger to deliver thousands of pills laced with fentanyl and methamphetamine. Those pills were seized by law enforcement during the execution of a residential search warrant two days later.

Officials say Alma Lucia Garza will be sentenced in January and faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

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