A Norcross man pleaded guilty Wednesday to trafficking heroin, fentanyl and cocaine in Mississippi, authorities said.
Eric Estudillo-Carrazco, 28, faces up to life in prison and a $10 million fine for his crimes, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi said in a news release.
On Nov. 6, 2018, Estudillo-Carrazco and two other people arrived in Gulfport, Miss., to sell 10 kilograms (about 22 pounds) of heroin to a confidential informant, the release said. All three were arrested, and nine kilograms of heroin and one kilogram of fentanyl was found in their vehicle.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said that amount of fentanyl could “kill half a million people.”
It’s unclear whether any cocaine was seized during this incident, but Estudillo-Carrazco pleaded guilty to possessing more than five kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute, the release said.
His two co-defendants, Pablo Vega-Ontanon and Eder Ortego-Cassarubias, both pleaded guilty to similar charges earlier this year, with Ortega-Cassarubias being sentenced to 10 years and seven months in prison followed by five years of supervised release, the release said.
Vega-Ontanon will be sentenced September 23, and he faces the same potential sentencing as Estudillo-Carrazco, whose sentencing is scheduled for November 27.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security conducted the investigation.
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