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JACKSON, Tenn. (WMC) - A man from Los Angeles, California, has been sentenced to serve over 16 years in federal prison for attempting to distribute methamphetamine in West Tennessee, according to the Department of Justice.

Cruz Lisarraga Flores, 49, was originally arrested in 2023 and entered a guilty plea in June 2026.

In spring 2023, agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation acquired a wiretap order for Flores' communications.

The FBI said that agents intercepted a phone call between Flores and two West Tennessee residents concerning a two-pound shipment of methamphetamine from California to Adamsville, Tennessee.

A search warrant was obtained by an agent from the United States Postal Service Inspection Service and executed the following day.

On June 23, 2026, agents unsealed the package and found two vacuum-sealed containers with nearly 900 grams of methamphetamine inside.

The FBI said that agents intercepted a phone call between Flores and two West Tennessee residents concerning a two-pound shipment of methamphetamine from California to Adamsville, Tennessee. (Department of Justice)

On October 9, 2026, a U.S. District judge sentenced Flores to 200 months in prison plus five years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.

 Drug dealers who distribute harmful drugs into our rural communities can no longer hide behind a false shipping label. Methamphetamine that is trafficked into and through West Tennessee is increasing in dangerous purity, and continues to destroy individuals, families, and communities. Criminals who profit from that pain deserve significant punishment, and this sentence does just that,  said U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant.

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