NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's New Orleans Field Office issued the following press release:
A previously convicted drug trafficker was sentenced on October 7, 2026, to 270 months in federal prison without the possibility of parole to be followed by 10 years of supervised release after being convicted of Distributing More Than Fifty (50) Grams of Methamphetamine in violation of federal law. The Honorable Chief Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing, which was held in the U.S. District Court in Fayetteville.
According to court records, in October of 2024, Special Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration identified Jorge Hoyos-Lopez, age 35, as a methampheta...