Riverside County Deputy’s Fentanyl Arrest Linked to Sinaloa Cartel

Riverside County Deputy’s Fentanyl Arrest Linked to Sinaloa Cartel
Jorge Oceguera-Rocha worked at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning. Riverside County Sheriff’s Department
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When a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy was arrested in September with 104 pounds of fentanyl in his private car, authorities did not reveal what led them to him.

An April 25 news release by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration connected the dots, according to The Press-Enterprise, a Southern California newspaper.