Multiple Fentanyl Traffickers Sentenced Across U.S. Federal Courts

Several individuals involved in fentanyl trafficking across the United States have been sentenced to federal prison terms reflecting the severity of their crimes. In Washington D.C., Damien Jenkins received over 12 years for distributing fentanyl and other narcotics as part of the '21st and Vietnam' drug crew, with law enforcement recovering firearms and cash at his residence. In Texas, Donald Derrell Slay, Jr. was sentenced to more than four years for conspiring to distribute fentanyl pills worth over $64,000, alongside co-conspirators who also received prison terms. Eastern Idaho saw David Erik Traversa sentenced to 13 years after being found with fentanyl pills during a traffic stop and subsequent hospital intervention for an overdose, while Casey Steven Evans received a five-year sentence for a related charge. In Arizona, German Montano-Peralta was sentenced to over seven years for conspiracy to distribute large quantities of fentanyl and methamphetamine as part of an organized crime task force operation. Additionally, Azael Barrientos-Regalado, an asylum seeker who organized fentanyl shipments in Texas, was sentenced to five years and will face deportation after completing his term.