Mexican Citizen Sentenced to Seven Years for Participation in Drug Conspiracy

TUCSON, Ariz. – Jonathan Mora-Leon, 27, of Mexico, was sentenced on Feb. 6, 2026, by U.S. District Judge Scott H. Rash to 84 months of imprisonment. Mora-Leon previously pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl and Methamphetamine.

Between February and November 2023, Mora-Leon organized three drug deals involving methamphetamine and fentanyl with an undercover agent. Each time, Mora-Leon arranged for coconspirators to deliver the drugs on his behalf. During the fourth and final transaction on Jan. 18, 2024, Mora-Leon met with the undercover agent to distribute more than 100 pounds of methamphetamine. Agents intercepted the drugs and arrested Mora-Leon and two coconspirators.

This investigation is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement toward identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations, which have long fueled violence and instability within our borders.

This HSTF Tucson led investigation comprises agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration with the prosecution being led by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, Tucson.

CASE NUMBER:            CR24-00681-TUC-SHR (LCK)

RELEASE NUMBER:    2026-034_Mora-Leon

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