Julio Marco Rodriguez/Mexico/Dangerous Drugs

Mexican national Julio Marco Rodriguez is serving a federal narcotics sentence connected to a large methamphetamine trafficking operation that moved cartel-supplied drugs through Minnesota. Court records describe the Diaz‑Aguilar Drug Trafficking Organization as distributing hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine statewide, with multiple co‑defendants already convicted or pleading guilty.

Public reporting notes that cartel‑linked traffickers tied to this conspiracy have been held in federal prisons including FCI Sandstone, where Rodriguez is identified as a dangerous drugs offender in custody pending eventual immigration review.

Rodriguez’s case has been cited by federal officials as an example of how transnational criminal organizations exploit Minnesota as a distribution hub, underscoring why narcotics convicts like him face removal from the United States after completing their prison terms.