Texas Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – LEONEL GONZALEZ (“GONZALEZ”), age 41, a resident of Houston, Texas, was sentenced by United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to one hundred twenty months imprisonment, five years of supervised release, and a $100.00 mandatory special assessment fee after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, five hundred (500) grams or more of amixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A) and 846, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.

According to court documents, on five occasions between May 25, 2020, and July 2, 2020, GONZALEZ distributed kilogram quantities of methamphetamine to a methamphetamine customer who then redistributed the drugs within the Eastern District of Louisiana.

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration.  The prosecution was  handled by Assistant United States Attorney André Jones of the Narcotics Unit.