Mexican Citizen Sentenced for Drug Trafficking Crime

United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Antonio Lopez-Tiznado, 23, of Mexico, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for his participation in a methamphetamine conspiracy.  United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Lopez-Tiznado to 135 months of imprisonment.  There is no parole in the federal system.  After his release from prison, he will be subject to deportation.  He was also ordered to serve a three-year term of supervised release.

On July 19, 2021, Omaha police officers stopped a vehicle in which Lopez-Tiznado was a passenger.  After receiving consent to search the vehicle, officers found approximately two pounds of methamphetamine. Lopez-Tiznado and the two others in the car, Mauricio Canales-Santiago and Karen Barba-Franco, all lived together.  Officers got a search warrant for their residence and found approximately 19 additional pounds of methamphetamine.  They had been distributing methamphetamine for at least a couple of weeks before they were arrested.

Barba-Franco has pled guilty and is scheduled to be sentenced on March 29, 2023.  Canales-Santiago is pending trial.

This case was investigated primarily by the Omaha Police Department.