WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

SHERMAN, Texas - A Dallas man has been sentenced to over 16 years in federal prison as part of a Homeland Security Task Force investigation for trafficking fentanyl in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.

Joshua Isaiah Castillo, 31, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and was sentenced to 200 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant on August 25, 2026.

According to information presented in court, in 2024, Castillo was identified as being part of a drug trafficking organization in the Eastern District of ...