Mexican Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Charges

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Rigoberto Madrid-Morga, age 34, of Durango, Mexico, was sentenced October 18, 2024, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska for his involvement in distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Madrid-Morga to 46 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, he will begin a 2-year term of supervised release.

In 2021, the DEA was utilizing a confidential informant (CI) to purchase narcotics from various individuals in the Omaha area. One of the targets the CI identified was Neri Mendoza-Rodriguez. Over the course of several days in April 2021, the CI and Mendoza-Rodriguez communicated regarding a controlled delivery of meth.

On April 5, 2021, law enforcement observed two individuals leave Mendoza-Rodriguez's residence and get into a vehicle registered to Madrid-Morga. Mendoza-Rodriguez drove. The two individuals were observed traveling to Village Inn where they met the CI.  The CI was observed getting into Mendoza-Rodriguez’s vehicle and leaving a short time later. The CI purchased 400 grams of meth. The CI later identified Mendoza-Rodriguez as the driver and Mendoza-Rodriguez’s “cousin” as the passenger, Madrid-Morga.

On April 26, 2021, the CI contacted Mendoza-Rodriguez to purchase 1000 fentanyl pills.  On April 29, 2021, the CI went to the same Village Inn and met with Madrid-Morga. The CI got into Madrid-Morga’s vehicle where he exchanged money for 106 grams of fentanyl pressed into pills.

Mendoza-Rodriguez was sentenced on March 10, 2023, to a term of imprisonment of 120 months.

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Omaha Police Department.