Honduras extradited Javier Marin-Gonzales, a Honduran national, on Wednesday to the United States where he faces charges originating from his alleged involvement in the distribution of fentanyl in the San Francisco Bay Area.
It is the fifth extradition of an alleged drug dealer from Honduras to the Northern District of California this year alone, according to prosecutors.
A federal grand jury on Aug. 2, 2023, indicted Marin-Gonzales, 25, who was living in Oakland at the time.
He is alleged to have distributed fentanyl on three separate occasions. The indictment charges Marin-Gonzales with distributing at least 40 grams of fentanyl overall. He faces a maximum of 40 years in federal prison, including a $5 million fine, as well as a lifetime of supervised release.
The FBI determined Marin-Gonzales had traveled back to Honduras, court documents show. […]
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