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A Dallas man received a 30-year federal prison sentence after prosecutors said he trafficked methamphetamine and heroin and tried to lure federal agents toward a planned ambush.
Federal Sentence Handed Down
U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade sentenced Angel Flores, 36, of Dallas, on April 22 in the Northern District of Texas. Flores was sentenced for assaulting a federal officer and conspiring to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced.
Drug Trafficking Operation
Federal prosecutors said Flores and Andres Saucedo Jr., 42, also of Dallas, imported and trafficked large quantities of methamphetamine and heroin obtained from a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization.
Court documents said Flores sold undercover agents a kilogram of heroin for $7,200 in the Dallas area in late 2024. Prosecutors said Flores, Saucedo, and others then continued selling kilogram quantities of methamphetamine until Flores’ arrest on May 21, 2025.
Ambush Plot Detailed
Federal prosecutors said Flores and Saucedo also planned to rob another drug trafficker of 30 to 40 kilograms of methamphetamine on May 19, 2025.
Agents surveilled Flores and Saucedo to stop the robbery. Prosecutors said the men realized agents were following them and tried to lure two federal agents to a location where other co-conspirators planned to ambush and shoot them.
Before the group reached the planned ambush location, Saucedo fired a gun at an undercover FBI Task Force Officer in one of the vehicles, prosecutors said.
The officer worked with the Dallas Police Department and the OCDETF North Texas Strike Force, now the Homeland Security Task Force.
Federal Officials Respond
“Angel Flores was not only a drug trafficker who poisoned our communities with massive amounts of deadly heroin and methamphetamine, he was also a predator in the violent business of robbing other narco-traffickers,” U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould said. “This predator of predators will spend the next 30 years extracted from our community.”
FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge R. Joseph Rothrock said the sentence sends a message about violent crime and drug trafficking.
“Combatting violent crime and drug trafficking is the primary focus of the Dallas Homeland Security Task Force. The sentence imposed in this case underscores the seriousness of the defendant’s role in distributing large quantities of narcotics and assaulting a federal law enforcement officer. The FBI will continue working with our partners to dismantle the infrastructure of drug trafficking organizations in our communities,” Rothrock said.
DEA Dallas Special Agent in Charge Joseph B. Tucker also said the case showed the consequences of drug trafficking and violence.
“Yesterday’s sentence is an example of the serious consequences of dealing dangerous drugs and committing violent acts in our communities,” Tucker said.
The investigation involved DEA, FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, Dallas police, Grand Prairie police, and Coppell police. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Courtney L. Coker prosecuted the case.
