Ismail J. Ramsey, U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California
A Honduran national, Javier Marin-Gonzales, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison after being extradited to the United States on 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. He faced charges for distributing fentanyl on three separate occasions. The investigation also led to the prosecution of two other individuals based in the East Bay who traveled to San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood for fentanyl trafficking.
Authorities discovered that Marin-Gonzales had returned to Honduras at the time of his indictment. His arrest and extradition were coordinated by the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs in collaboration with Honduran authorities, the FBI, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
On December 17, 2025, Marin-Gonzales pleaded guilty to distributing more than 40 grams of fentanyl. In his plea agreement, he admitted that he began selling fentanyl in the Bay Area as early as July 2022 as a source of income. Over three transactions in Oakland during 2022, he sold a total of 690.4 grams of fentanyl.
United States Attorney Craig H. Missakian stated: "United States Attorney Craig H. Missakian, FBI Special Agent in Charge Sanjay Virmani, and DEA Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris made the announcement."
In addition to serving a five-year prison term, Marin-Gonzales will undergo four years of supervised release and must pay a $100 special assessment.
This case is part of efforts under the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF), an initiative created by Executive Order 14159 focused on combating criminal cartels and transnational organizations operating within and outside U.S. borders through interagency cooperation among law enforcement agencies such as FBI and IRS.
The prosecution team included Assistant U.S. Attorneys Charles Bisesto and Ben Wolinsky with support from Sara Slattery and Andy Ding; their work resulted from an investigation conducted by the FBI SAFE Streets Task Force, DEA, and Concord Police Department.
