A Dallas woman has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas, according to U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.
On March 4, 2026, U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant, III sentenced Samantha Mendoza, 35, to 120 months in federal prison after she pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamines. According to court documents, federal investigators began investigating a Mexico-based drug trafficking enterprise that operated a narcotics distribution cell in North Texas in 2021. The inquiry resulted in the seizure of methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl, heroin, firearms, and substantial quantities of US currency.
On December 15, 2022, federal investigators spotted Mendoza delivering a weighted box to another individual. A search warrant was performed at Mendoza’s home, resulting in the confiscation of 950 grams of methamphetamine, three weapons, various drug ledgers, methamphetamine conversion supplies, and more than $85,000 in US currency, according to the news statement.
This lawsuit is part of the Homeland Security Task Force project launched under Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People from Invasion. The HSTF is a government-wide effort to combat criminal cartels, international gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and overseas. Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full resources of US law enforcement to identify, investigate, and prosecute the full range of crimes perpetrated by terrorist organizations, which have long fostered violence and instability within our borders. The HSTF maintains a specific emphasis on investigating and punishing those involved in child trafficking and other child-related offenses. The HSTF also uses all available means to prosecute and deport the most violent criminal aliens from the United States.
The Drug Enforcement Administration investigated this case, which was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Wes Wynne.
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