Houston Man Faces up to Life in Prison and $10 Million Fine After Pleading Guilty to Heroin and Cocaine Charges in Louisiana

Louisiana – Alejandro Munoz, age 41, a resident of Houston, Texas, pled guilty on June 2, 2022, in a federal court in Louisiana before U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon to a one-count indictment that charged him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin and five kilograms or more of cocaine hydrochloride, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 846, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.

According to court documents, Special Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration identified Munoz as a supplier of heroin and cocaine hydrochloride to customers in Houston, Texas and New Orleans beginning in October of 2014. Munoz faces a minimum term of ten years in prison, a maximum term of life in prison, a fine of up to $10,000,000.00, at least five years of supervised release following any term of imprisonment, and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee as a result of his plea.

This prosecution is part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force’s extensive investigation (OCDETF). The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) is the nation’s primary tool for disrupting and dismantling major drug trafficking organizations, targeting national and regional level drug trafficking organizations, and coordinating the necessary law enforcement entities and resources to disrupt or dismantle the targeted criminal organization and seize their assets.

The Drug Enforcement Administration offices in New Orleans, Louisiana and Houston, Texas, as well as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the New Orleans Police Department, and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, investigated this case. Assistant United States Attorney André Jones is in charge of the prosecution.