A former chemical broker received an almost two-decade-long prison sentence after illegally furnishing one of Mexico’s largest drug cartels with precursor materials for fentanyl and methamphetamine.
Javier Algredo Vazquez, a 56-year-old resident of New York City, was responsible for supplying the cartel with enough chemicals to manufacture over 2 billion doses of fentanyl and 700 million doses of methamphetamine, according to a release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Algredo Vazquez “was sentenced to 18 years and eight months in federal prison for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine for unlawful importation into the United States, conspiracy to distribute a List I chemical to manufacture methamphetamine for unlawful importation into the United States, and conspiracy to commit money laundering,” the release read.
At trial, Algredo Vazquez was confronted with evidence that suggested he had managed to obtain over 5 million kilograms of chemicals, including methylamine, and transfer that into Mexico for the benefit of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion.
The cartel would then produce illicit narcotics, which would then be flooded into the United States, according to the release.
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“The Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion, which is based in the State of Jalisco in Mexico, is one of the largest, most dangerous and most prolific drug cartels in Mexico and is responsible for transporting tonnage quantities of methamphetamine, fentanyl and other drugs into the United States,” the release read.
Algredo Vazquez, who also transferred millions to chemical suppliers in China and India, was convicted in July 2023 following a multiagency investigation spearheaded by Homeland Security Investigations Houston and Drug Enforcement Administration Los Angeles.
