Texas Woman Pleads Guilty To Delivering Dozens Of Pounds Of Meth To Undercover Federal Agents

A woman from El Paso, Texas, has pleaded guilty to giving dozens of pounds of methamphetamine to undercover agents in New Mexico.

According to Border Report, the woman gave the agents some 60 pounds of the drug after an unidentified individual in Mexico told her on three different times between late January and late February to deliver it to a "buyer" in New Mexico.

Veronica Herrera then took the meth to a parking lot of an auto parts store two times and another one to the parking lot of a racetrack. Agents then found close to two additional pounds in her apartment in El Paso.

The woman reached a plea deal to avoid facing a potential sentence of 10 years had the case gone to trial. The outlet added that she waved indictment and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and three of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Her sentence hearing is pending.

A similar incident involving the drug took place in late June after agents seized over 120 pounds hidden inside an SUV trying to enter California.

The incident took place when Robert Anthony Rodriguez, a U.S. citizen, approached the San Ysidro port of entry from Tijuana. He told an officer he lives in Los Angeles and had gone to Tijuana to get his car fixed and to visit "girlfriends."

According to Border Report, the CBP agent noticed Rodriguez had a protective order filed against him. He was then sent to a secondary inspection area, where his car was put through an X-ray-like machine.

Another officer then noticed anomalies in the car's rear panels, prompting a call to a drug-sniffing dog, which indicated the presence of narcotics. Officers then found 108 packages of meth weighing some 123 pounds, according to the criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Rodriguez was arrested.

In early May, CBP officers at the Eagle Pass International Bridge, one of the busiest border crossings in Texas, confiscated a shipment of methamphetamine valued at more than $3.3 million after finding the substance hidden inside a vehicle's floorboard.

According to a statement from CBP, the episode took place when officers encountered a 39-year-old woman entering the United States from Mexico. Her vehicle was then referred for secondary inspection, which included nonintrusive scanning equipment and a canine team.

A closer search of the 2014 Kia Sorento led CBP and Office of Field Operations officers to find 74 packages of suspected methamphetamine concealed in the vehicle's floorboard. The narcotics weighed approximately 164 pounds and had an estimated street value of more than $3.3 million, CBP said.