San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche — A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigation has identified the Mexican state of Campeche as the origin point for large shipments of methamphetamine destined for Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, according to a report by the Mexican newspaper Reforma.
The case exposes international drug trafficking networks operating in the region and contradicts the official narrative of local authorities, who have systematically denied the presence of cartels or criminal groups in the state.
As part of the investigation, on May 27, Interpol-Mexico agents arrested Juan Carlos González Pérez, 38, in Campeche. Identified by the DEA as one of the leaders of the criminal organization, González Pérez — who used the aliases “Campeche,” “Fabián Andrade,” or simply “Fabián” — accepted an expedited extradition process. He has already been tried in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa on charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
The drug probe details that the criminal network operated continuously from at least October 2020 to March 2025. During this period, the Campeche-based organization coordinated the shipment of narcotics to U.S. territory and the subsequent laundering and importation of millions of dollars in illicit proceeds back to Mexico.
The case against González Pérez was consolidated three years ago, when the DEA documented his direct participation in the sale of one pound of methamphetamine to an agency informant — a key piece of evidence that ultimately fractured the operational structure he maintained from the Yucatan Peninsula.
