Mexican Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Trafficking

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Gabriel Beltran-Lopez, age 38, of Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced on November 25, 2024, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska for possessing 27 pounds of methamphetamine. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Beltran-Lopez to 60 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system.  After his release from prison, he will begin a 5-year term of supervised release. 

On May 8, 2021, a deputy with the York County Sheriff’s Office stopped Beltran-Lopez for a traffic violation. During the traffic stop, Beltran-Lopez consented to a search of his vehicle.  The search resulted in 27 pounds of pure meth being found in the vehicle.  The DEA assisted in the investigation, and Beltran-Lopez was replaced as the driver by an undercover agent.  The vehicle was then driven to Omaha, where it went to an address found in the vehicle.  Jose Hernandez-Gomez came out of the residence and gave the undercover agent $6000 for the meth, after which he too was arrested.

Hernandez-Gomez was sentenced on August 18, 2023, to a 135-month term of imprisonment.

This case was investigated by the York County Sheriff’s Office, the DEA, and the Omaha Police Department.