Homeland Security Task Force investigation leads to 17 convictions related to a methamphetamine trafficking organization in Angelina County

BEAUMONT, Texas - A Homeland Security Task Force investigation in Angelina County has resulted in the convictions and sentencings of 17 individuals related to a methamphetamine trafficking organization in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.

Jose Pedro Guzman, Jr., 35, of Corrigan, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone on June 10, 2026.

According to information presented in court, in November 2022, a law enforcement investigation into drug trafficking, firearms crimes, and immigration violations in Angelina County resulted in the seizure of over 10 kilograms of methamphetamine and fourteen firearms. Guzman is the 17^th person sentenced to federal prison as a result of this investigation. Other defendants sentenced include:

Albert Lopez, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 292 months;

Hector Gomez, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 188 months;

Jodi Calvin Sparkman, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 151 months;

Christopher Dewayne Harvey, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 175 months;

Oscar Padilla, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 70 months;

Adaryl Douglas, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 135 months;

Leanna Jean Busby, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 120 months;

Gary Mills, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 121 months;

Amanda McBride, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 120 months;

Clifton Collin-Dakota Smith, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 63 months;

John Christopher Rios, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 140 months;

Lorene Michelle Baker, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 121 months;

Corey Mullan, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 162 months;

David Davis, Jr., conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 97 months;

Penny Ann King, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 121 months; and

Eduardo Barajas-Macias, illegal reentry by a previously deported alien, 7 months.

This case is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement towards identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations, which have long fueled violence and instability within our borders. In performing this work, the HSTF places special emphasis on investigating and prosecuting those engaged in child trafficking or other crimes involving children. The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF Houston comprises agents and officers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations - Houston (ICE-HSI); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF); Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI); and U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Eastern District of Texas; Angelina County Sheriff's Office; Lufkin Police Department; Texas Department of Public Safety; and Nacogdoches County Sheriff's Office with the prosecution being led by Eastern District of Texas Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald S. Carter.

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