Cartel-linked meth ring leader gets 20 years
Erick Emilio Diaz-Aguilar, 34, was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for leading a cartel-linked meth-trafficking ring that operated across Minnesota and Chicago.[1]
Prosecutors said Diaz-Aguilar, known as "Homie," led a network prosecutors called the "Diaz-Aguilar Drug Trafficking Organization" and was tied to the Sureños gang.[1] A federal judge imposed the 240-month term.[1]
Searches and traffic stops between August 2023 and January 2025 uncovered 7.6 pounds of meth, about 1,500 fentanyl pills and roughly 42 pounds of meth in a convoy stop.[1] Authorities also searched a Hastings stash house that officials say recently moved hundreds of pounds of meth.[1]
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- Defendant: Erick Emilio Diaz-Aguilar, 34, aka "Homie," sentenced to 240 months (20 years) in federal prison
- Law enforcement tied him to the Sureños gang and what they call the 'Diaz-Aguilar Drug Trafficking Organization' operating across Minnesota and Chicago
- Searches and stops between August 2023 and January 2025 uncovered 7.6 pounds of meth, 1,500 fentanyl pills, about 42 pounds of meth in a convoy stop, and a Hastings stash house that had recently moved hundreds of pounds
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September 10, 2026