Source: Office of United States Attorneys
Lorenzo Antonio Santillan-Solis, 28, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced to 100 months in prison with three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine. U.S. District Court Judge Kelly H. Rankin imposed the sentence on Jan. 9 in Cheyenne.
According to court documents, in November 2022, law enforcement became aware of narcotics from the Phoenix area being sold from an address in Powell, Wyoming. This address was associated with an individual later identified as Santillan-Solis’s known co-conspirator. On March 15, 2023, in Casper, the United States Postal Inspection Service intercepted a parcel sent to the Powell address. Law enforcement obtained a search warrant for the parcel where they located approximately 10,000 fentanyl pills (weighing over 1 kilogram) and over 1 pound of methamphetamine. On that same day, the known co-conspirator contacted the post office inquiring about the package. Through their investigation, agents tracked correspondence and fingerprints back to Santillan-Solis.
Santillan-Solis was indicted on May 16, 2024. He was arrested on May 20, in Phoenix, and made an initial appearance in Casper on June 28, before U.S. Magistrate Judge R. Michael Shickich. Santillan-Solis pleaded guilty on Oct. 18, 2024.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation investigated the crime. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mackenzie Morrison prosecuted the case.
Case No. 24-CR-00068