Jackson judge sentences five Texas men for drug trafficking

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Five South Texas men were charged and convicted in Jackson for their involvement in interstate drug trafficking, with authorities seizing more than 19 kilograms of methamphetamine.

Judge Thomas Anderson sentenced the final suspect on September 13, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee on Friday.

In August 2019, the Federal Bureau of Investigation units in Jackson and McAllen, Texas were alerted to an alleged drug trafficking operation in South Texas. FBI investigators discovered that brothers Pablo and Elias Talavera were trafficking methamphetamine and other narcotics throughout the country.

In January 2022, during a sting operation, nine kilos of methamphetamine were found in a truck in Jackson. This truck turned out to have been shipped to Tennessee by Pablo and others.

In March 2022, another 10.5 kilograms of methamphetamine was found about an hour east of Jackson in Camden. This amount turned out to have been shipped by the same organization.

Investigators determined that the Talavera brothers had likely obtained the drugs from drug cartels in Mexico. They enlisted three accomplices to help transport them so they would not be detected by law enforcement.

Accomplices Luis Sorcia, Jose Cordova and Guillermo Castro pleaded guilty and, together with the Talaveras, received the following sentences:

  • Pablo Talavera of Michoacan, Mexico: 275 months in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess and intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
  • Elias Talavera of Reynosa, Mexico: 150 months in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess and intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
  • Luis Sorcia of Edinburg, Texas: 120 months in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess and intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
  • Jose Cordova of Reynosa, Mexico: 72 months in prison and three years of supervised release for complicity in possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
  • Guillermo Castro of Brownsville, Texas: 60 months in prison and three years of supervised release for complicity in possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.

The investigation, with assistance from several other local, state, and federal agencies, was conducted by FBI Jackson and FBI McAllen’s Organized Crime Drug Task Force (OCDETF), a group charged with dismantling high-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal enterprises.

U.S. Attorneys Gregory Allen and Hillary Parham prosecuted the case.

Sarah Best is a reporter for The Jackson Sun. To support local journalism, subscribe to the Daily Briefing here.

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