Mexican National Sentenced to 57 Months for Distributing Methamphetamine

Acting United States Attorney Matthew R. Molsen announced that Martin Omar Rodriguez Vega, 56, of Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced on April 23, 2025, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for distributing more than 50 grams of pure methamphetamine. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Vega to 57 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, he will begin a five-year term of supervised release.

On September 16, 2022, an undercover trooper with the Nebraska State Patrol arranged to purchase one pound of methamphetamine with an individual located in Mexico. The Mexican source directed the undercover trooper to Hickman, Nebraska, to meet someone to pick up the pound of methamphetamine. At the meet location, the undercover trooper met Martin Omar Rodriguez Vega who delivered 420 grams of pure methamphetamine to the trooper.

This case was investigated by the Nebraska State Patrol and Lincoln Police Department.