Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Charges

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – ANA GABRIELA FLORES-GONZALEZ (“FLORES”), age 32, a Mexican National, pleaded guilty on September 28, 2023, before U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), 841(b)(1)(B), and 846, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.

According to court documents, on March 10, 2022, officers conducted an interdiction traffic stop and seized approximately 4,889 grams of methamphetamine and approximately 1,978 grams of suspected cocaine from FLORES, that she was transporting from Houston, Texas to Sumter, South Carolina. 

FLORES faces a statutory mandatory minimum sentence of ten years, up to life imprisonment, a fine of up to $10,000,000, at least five years of supervised release following any term of imprisonment, and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee.  Her sentencing is scheduled for January 18, 2024.

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with the assistance of the Biloxi Police Department in Biloxi, Mississippi.  The prosecution is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney J. Benjamin Myers of the Narcotics Unit.