EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A federal grand jury has indicted four alleged members of a cocaine, fentanyl and meth distribution ring operating in southeastern New Mexico.

The associates of the Navarrette Drug Trafficking Organization allegedly sold high-purity narcotics to undercover federal agents and to individuals, one of whom overdosed on fentanyl, court records show.

The group primarily operated in the city of Hobbs and Lea County, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico said. The indictment was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico.

According to court records, the undercover buys began on Oct. 17, 2024, with a gang member delivering a few grams of methamphetamine mixed with other substances for $500. By the end of the month, the amount of drugs sold increased, as did the purity.

Records show an individual identified as Raul Navarrette Muñoz delivered just under a pound of pure meth to the agent in the following three months for $3,500 a pop.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office identified Navarrette, 44, his sons Raul Navarrette Hernandez, 26, and Adrian Navarrette Hernandez, 21, along with two other individuals as the members of the organization.

The undercover buys reached new levels on July 8, when Navarrette allegedly sold 1.2 kilos of pure meth to an agent. An on Aug. 1, a woman identified as Amanda Ortega informed Navarrette that fentanyl he had sold her had led a “customer” to overdose.

“Ortega told (Navarrette) that he should return his fentanyl to the person from who he had purchased it because it was too strong and they could be charged with murder if someone died,” investigators said in court documents.

A month later, Navarrette allegedly “attempted to coordinate the sale of 8 pounds of methamphetamine” to an undercover agent. On the side, his sons were selling and delivering cocaine to individuals at a hotel in Hobbs. One of them was arrested at the hotel on Sept. 4, with cocaine, a loaded firearm and a ledger documenting drug transactions, court records show.

That led to federal law enforcement officials this week executing warrants on six properties allegedly connected to the Navarrette Drug Trafficking Organization and securing methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl, 15 rifles and 14 pistols.

The investigation was led by a Homeland Security Task Force involving a slew of federal law enforcement agencies in New Mexico and El Paso, Texas.