A Honduran national, Javier Marin-Gonzales, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison after being extradited to the United States to face fentanyl trafficking charges. The sentence was issued by U.S. District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.
Marin-Gonzales, 26, was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 2, 2023, for distributing fentanyl on three separate occasions. The investigation also led to charges and convictions against two other defendants based in the East Bay who traveled to San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood to traffic fentanyl.
Authorities discovered that Marin-Gonzales had returned to Honduras at the time of his indictment. The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs coordinated with Honduran authorities, along with the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), to facilitate his arrest and extradition.
On December 17, 2025, Marin-Gonzales pleaded guilty to distributing at least 40 grams of fentanyl. According to court records, he admitted that starting in July 2022 he sold fentanyl in the Bay Area as a source of income. Over three occasions in 2022, Marin-Gonzales sold a total of more than 690 grams of fentanyl at various locations in Oakland.
The sentencing was announced by United States Attorney Craig H. Missakian, FBI Special Agent in Charge Sanjay Virmani, and DEA Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Gilliam imposed a four-year period of supervised release and ordered Marin-Gonzales to pay a $100 special assessment.
This case is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative created by Executive Order 14159—Protecting the American People Against Invasion—which aims to eliminate criminal cartels and transnational criminal organizations operating within the United States and abroad through coordinated law enforcement efforts.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Charles Bisesto and Ben Wolinsky prosecuted the case with support from Sara Slattery and Andy Ding. The investigation involved cooperation among the FBI SAFE Streets Task Force, DEA, and Concord Police Department.
