Saul Macedo-Rodriguez, 38, of Texas, has been sentenced to a decade-long prison after being found guilty of major drug trafficking offenses.
According to court records, Macedo-Rodriguez distributed large quantities of cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin throughout the Eastern District of Louisiana.
On April 30, 2025, he was sentenced to one hundred twenty months in jail, three years of supervised release, and a $200 required special assessment charge.
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana revealed that Macedo-Rodriguez had earlier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine.
His actions were part of a larger investigation by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF), which seeks to systematically disrupt and dismantle the operations of high-level drug trafficking, money laundering, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that pose a threat to the United States.
The OCDETF method is a collaborative endeavor that brings together the expertise and resources of many federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. Several departments worked together on this investigation, including the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Orleans Field Division Office, the FBI, the United States Border Patrol, and several local police and sheriff’s departments. Assistant United States Attorney Lynn E. Schiffman of the Narcotics Unit is responsible for the prosecution.
