ICE HSI El Paso investigation results in conviction of Mexican woman for methamphetamine conspiracy

EL PASO, Texas – A federal jury on Wednesday convicted a Mexican national for conspiracy to possess methamphetamine.

Special Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigated the case.

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, on July 15, 2021, Maria Guadalupe Rivas Camacho, 38, was found in possession of over 633 kilograms of liquid methamphetamine, which was stored in a house in San Elizario, Texas.

Camacho was paid $1,000 a week to stay at the residence and watch over the plastic containers that stored the methamphetamine. During trial, it was also revealed that a tractor trailer would come at least once a week to fill the plastic containers with the liquid meth.

Camacho faces up to life in prison when she is sentenced. A sentencing date has not been set. Camacho has remained in federal custody since her arrest on July 15, 2021.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys John S. Johnston and Richard D. Watts are prosecuting the case.

HSI is a directorate of ICE and the principal investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), responsible for investigating transnational crime and threats, specifically those criminal organizations that exploit the global infrastructure through which international trade, travel and finance move. HSI’s workforce of over 10,400 employees consists of more than 7,100 special agents assigned to 225 cities throughout the United States, and 80 overseas locations in 53 countries. HSI’s international presence represents DHS’s largest investigative law enforcement presence abroad and one of the largest international footprints in U.S. law enforcement.

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