Mexican National Sentenced to Imprisonment for Fentanyl Trafficking in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Sabino Osvaldo Gomez-Perez, 36, of Mexico, was sentenced today to 57 months’ imprisonment by a U.S. District Court Judge after he admitted to trafficking fentanyl, specifically 58,000 fentanyl pills seized by the FBI Wasatch Metro Drug Task Force.

In addition to Gomez-Perez’s sentence of imprisonment, upon his release, he will be remanded to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation proceedings. Gomez-Perez pleaded guilty on May 29, 2025 to possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute.

According to court documents and statements made at Gomez-Perez’s change of plea and sentencing hearings, on October 9, 2024, he knowingly possessed 5,857 grams of fentanyl (approximately 58,000 fentanyl pills) and had distributed narcotics in Arizona and Utah prior to his arrest in Utah.

Acting U.S. Attorney Felice John Viti of the District of Utah made the announcement.

The case was investigated by the FBI Wasatch Metro Drug Task Force (WMDTF).

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah prosecuted the case.

The case was investigated under the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF). OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach. For more information about Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, please visit Justice.gov/OCDETF.