of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division said in a statement Tuesday.

Concerted efforts like Operation Denial demonstrate the Justice Department’s commitment to eliminating the influx of fentanyl into our communities at their points of origin,” Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. “The Justice Department will continue to hold accountable those like Ceron, Berry, Nguyen, and members of their network who injected fentanyl and fentanyl analogues into American society with deadly results. The trafficking led to fatal and nonfatal overdoses in North Dakota, Oregon, New Jersey and North Carolina, according to the U.S. It is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as part of the alleged criminal enterprise. Forks Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.The population of Forks Township was 14,721 as of the 2010 census. He pleaded guilty in March to drug conspiracy and money laundering charges.Īuthorities say Ceron and Berry used a cellphone from inside a Quebec prison to arrange shipments of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues from China to Canada and the U.S. Last week, Welte sentenced Xuan Cahn Nguyen, 43, of Point-Aux-Tremble, Quebec to 22 years in prison. Last year he pleaded guilty last year to a drug conspiracy charge. Berry was extradited from Canada to the U.S. On Monday, Welte sentenced Jason Joey Berry, 40 of Cornwall, Ontario, to 24 years in prison. In 2019, he pleaded guilty to charges including drug conspiracy and money laundering. He was extradited from Panama to the U.S.

Chief District Court Judge Peter Welte on Tuesday sentenced Daniel Vivas Ceron, 42, of Colombia, to 27 years in prison. A federal judge has sentenced three more men charged in connection with an alleged international fentanyl trafficking operation.

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