United States Attorney's Office
Acting United States Attorney Matthew R. Molsen announced that Mario Garibay-Reyes, 47, and Diego Mendoza-Aguilar, 37, of Mexico were sentenced on March 26, 2025, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine mixture.
United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Garibay-Reyes to 160 months’ imprisonment and Mendoza-Aguilar to 70 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Garibay-Reyes and Mendoza-Aguilar are released from prison, they will each begin a 3-year term of supervised release. Because they are in the United States illegally, they are subject to deportation following their release from prison.
On November 9, 2023, law enforcement utilized an undercover agent to purchase 414 grams of actual methamphetamine from Mendoza-Aguilar in Omaha. Following this controlled buy, law enforcement observed Mendoza-Aguilar distribute 208 grams of actual methamphetamine to other individuals. Law enforcement arrested the individuals and seized the methamphetamine. Garibay-Reyes provided the aforementioned methamphetamine to Mendoza-Aguilar for these drug transactions.
On November 14, 2024, law enforcement served a search warrant at Mendoza-Aguilar’s residence in Omaha. At the time, Garibay-Reyes was residing at Mendoza-Aguilar’s residence with Mendoza-Aguilar. During the search, law enforcement located 559 grams of actual methamphetamine from Garibay-Reyes’s bedroom and 22 grams of actual methamphetamine from Mendoza-Aguilar’s bedroom. Parked outside the residence was Garibay-Reyes’s vehicle. Law enforcement searched the vehicle and located 5,718 grams of actual methamphetamine.
This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration. This effort is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.