Dallas man sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for trafficking heroin and methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas

PLANO, Texas –A Dallas man has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison sentences for drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.

 

Adan Mendoza, 37, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to manufacture and distribute heroin and methamphetamine and was sentenced to 324 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Sean D. Jordan on February 9, 2026.

 

According to information presented in court, from at least 2019, Mendoza conspired with others to distribute heroin and methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas.

 

This prosecution is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement towards identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations, which have long fueled violence and instability within our borders. In performing this work, the HSTF places special emphasis on investigating and prosecuting those engaged in child trafficking or other crimes involving children. The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States.

 

This case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigations and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Heather H. Rattan.