Mexican Meth Trafficker Sentenced After Drugs and Thousands in Drug Proceeds are Recovered

United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that United States District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Raymundo Hernandez-Rubio today to 132 months in federal prison. There is no parole in the federal system. Hernandez-Rubio will serve a 5-year term of supervised release following his release from the Bureau of Prisons. Hernandez-Rubio will be deported from the United States to Mexico after serving his prison term.

Hernandez-Rubio, 35, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. In October of 2019, investigators with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) identified Hernandez-Rubio when he delivered approximately $90,000 of suspected drug proceeds to a DEA undercover agent.

The investigation revealed that on the morning of December 6, 2019, Hernandez-Rubio departed Omaha and traveled to Chicago, where he made several stops before heading back to Omaha. On the morning of December 7, 2019, a Nebraska State Patrol trooper stopped Hernandez-Rubio as he returned to Omaha. Investigators searched his SUV, recovering approximately 15 pounds of methamphetamine that was concealed within a spare tire in the cargo area of the SUV.

Investigators searched Hernandez-Rubio’s residence later that day, where they recovered drug ledgers, a handgun, and more than $130,000 of drug proceeds hidden under the bed in the master bedroom. The drug proceeds will be forfeited to the United States. A closer inspection of the ledgers recovered from his home revealed that Hernandez-Rubio was responsible for handling hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine and thousands of dollars of drug proceeds for a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization.

The case was primarily investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Nebraska State Patrol, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Safe Streets Task Force.