The final defendant was sentenced to 94 months in federal prison, marking the conclusion of a massive national narcotics conspiracy. That marked the end of a major investigation involving the transportation of over 100 pounds of methamphetamine from California to the Cincinnati region, which was orchestrated by a network linked to the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG).
Juan-Jose Carrillo, 32, of Compton, California, was identified as a key supplier in the scheme, coordinating methamphetamine delivery to top-tier distributors in southern Ohio. Carrillo’s punishment followed that of six other co-conspirators, four of whom received sentences of more than 100 months.
Franklin Johnson was sentenced to 156 months, Gerald Jeter, Jr., to 132 months, Anthony Clardy II to 104 months, Dre’Quan Christopher to 102 months, Robert Day to 72 months, and Tyrone Jordan to 36 months.
Court documents show that Jeter and Johnson were instrumental in transporting methamphetamine from the West Coast to Cincinnati, where it was transferred to mid-level traffickers such as Clardy and Day. Christopher worked as a street dealer, distributing drugs across the Cincinnati area.
The suspects were indicted by a federal grand jury in March 2023, marking a substantial takedown on a big drug trafficking operation linked to one of Mexico’s most renowned gangs.
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