DALLAS, Texas — A Dallas man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and assaulting a federal officer, officials announced.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, 36-year-old Angel Flores was sentenced April 22, 2026, by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade.
Flores was convicted of assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon and conspiring to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin.
Prosecutors said Flores, along with co-conspirator Andres Saucedo Jr., 42, of Dallas, was involved in importing and trafficking large quantities of narcotics from a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization.
Court records show Flores sold an undercover agent a kilogram of heroin for $7,200 in late 2024 and continued distributing kilogram quantities of methamphetamine through May 2025. Authorities said the group arranged the sale of two kilograms of methamphetamine just one day before Flores was arrested.
Investigators also uncovered a plan by Flores and others to rob another trafficker of up to 40 kilograms of methamphetamine. While conducting surveillance to prevent the robbery, agents said Flores and Saucedo realized they were being followed and attempted to lure federal agents into an ambush.
Before reaching the planned location, Saucedo fired a gun at an undercover FBI Task Force officer.
U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould said the case highlights both the scale of the drug trafficking operation and the violence involved.
Officials with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration said the sentence underscores the seriousness of targeting law enforcement and distributing dangerous narcotics.
The investigation was conducted by the OCDETF North Texas Strike Force, now part of the Homeland Security Task Force, with participation from multiple agencies including the Dallas Police Department, Grand Prairie Police Department and Coppell Police Department.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Courtney L. Coker prosecuted the case.
