Mexico National Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Sergio David Jaime-Zazueta, age 45, of Mexico, was sentenced on January 16, 2025, in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska for one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. United States District Judge Susan M. Bazis sentenced Jaime-Zazueta to a total of 135 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Jaime-Zazueta’s release from prison, he will begin a 3-year term of supervised release.

On April 25, 2024, Jaime-Zazueta was contacted as the driver and sole occupant of a vehicle on Interstate 80 in Seward County, Nebraska.  Jaime-Zazueta agreed to speak with law enforcement.  He said that he was driving from Stockton, California to St. Louis, Missouri for work, but he kept changing his story about the route he took.  Eventually, a K9 performed a sniff on the vehicle and alerted.

Inside the vehicle, law enforcement found approximately 200 pounds of a substance that tested positive for meth.  The meth was found in a box in the rear cargo area of the vehicle and in garbage bags on the back seat of the vehicle.  The box in the cargo area contained 75 2-lb bags of meth.  The garbage bags on the back seat contained 25 2-lb bags of meth.

After his arrest, Jaime-Zazueta agreed to speak with the DEA through the aid on an interpreter.  Jaime-Zazueta informed the DEA that he was transporting the drugs for someone in Mexico from Los Angeles, California to St. Louis, Missouri.  This was his second trip and he had previously driven 100 pounds of meth from Los Angeles to St. Louis.

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Seward County Sheriff’s Office.