A Dallas man has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas, according to U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.
Adan Mendoza, 37, pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with the purpose to manufacture and distribute heroin and methamphetamine. On February 9, 2026, U.S. District Judge Sean D. Jordan sentenced him to 324 months in federal prison, according to a news release from the United States Attorney’s Office.
According to court documents, Mendoza and others have plotted to distribute heroin and methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas since at least 2019. This prosecution is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) effort, which was formed under Executive Order 14159: Protecting the American People Against Invasion.
The HSTF is a comprehensive government cooperation targeted at eradicating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. The task force focuses on investigating and prosecuting those involved in child trafficking and other crimes against children, using all available resources to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States.
The case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Heather H. Rattan leading the prosecution.
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