New Mexico Drug Ring Run From Mexican Prison Leads to Multiple Indictments

A federal task force in New Mexico uncovered a cross-border drug operation that continued after its leader, Felix Anthony Salazar III, was jailed in Mexico. Prosecutors allege Salazar used prison contacts to arrange three separate sales of methamphetamine and fentanyl to undercover agents, earning between $1,800 and $3,800 per deal. He enlisted Yadira Lizett Lizcano to drive a teenage courier for the first transaction, and later relied on Moses Andrew Gonzales and Martha Janeth Grijalva Fierro for deliveries.

In a third deal, 31-year-old Suleima Eidali Miranda directed agents to a house for the exchange. All suspects have been apprehended and face drug-conspiracy indictments, while Salazar surrendered to U.S. authorities in El Paso after his release from the Mexican facility.