"A San Jose man allegedly affiliated with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel is among a group of people charged in a recent undercover DEA bust, court records show. A suspected fentanyl dealer named Elias Valdez was identified as a cartel affiliate based on DEA Special Agent Joshua Serafin's experience, intercepted messages, and communication with other agents who have investigated Valdez, according to a probable cause statement filed in court."
"Valdez and four others William Huynh, Jonathan Lucero-Peace, Alejandro Pelayo-Gonzalez and Julio Vasquez-Ochoa have been charged with federal crimes either related to the sale of fentanyl, methamphetamine, or the even deadlier opioid carfentanil, which authorities say has been showing up in the Bay Area with increased frequency. The five men were charged in separately filed but identical complaints. According to the DEA, the case came together after an unidentified confidential source came forward."
"The criminal complaint details several alleged drug transactions, including the February sale of 6,000 pills containing carfentanil in San Jose involving Pelayo-Gonzalez, and the March sale of 5,000 counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine in Milpitas, involving Lucer-Peace. In the February incident, the confidential informant and Pelayo-Gonzalez each asked the other to either show the drugs or money first, and argued over which had been Valdez's boy for a longer period of time to make their point."
A San Jose man allegedly affiliated with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was identified as a cartel affiliate based on a DEA special agent's experience, intercepted messages, and communications with other investigators. Elias Valdez and four others — William Huynh, Jonathan Lucero-Peace, Alejandro Pelayo-Gonzalez and Julio Vasquez-Ochoa — were charged in separate but identical federal complaints alleging sales of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and carfentanil. The case originated after a confidential source with long-term narcotics ties to the suspects cooperated for leniency. The complaint details transactions including a February sale of 6,000 carfentanil pills and a March sale of 5,000 counterfeit Adderall tablets containing methamphetamine.
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