Woman Sentenced to 11 Years After Paying Truckers over $1 Million to Distribute Drugs for Cartel

Federal Court Sentenced Clayton Woman For Laundering Millions For Cartels, Moving Kilo Quantities Of Narcotics

WILMINGTON, N.C. – On August 21, a federal judge sentenced a Clayton woman to 11 years in federal prison for money laundering and trafficking large quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine. Oralia Rodriguez-Flores, 40, pleaded guilty at the end of last year to conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to distribute 5 kilograms or more of […]

Woman sentenced to 11 years after paying truckers over $1 million to distribute drugs for cartel

A North Carolina woman was sentenced to more than a decade in prison for trafficking narcotics from 18 wheelers and laundering millions of dollars for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. On August 20, 2025, Oralia Rodriguez-Flores, 40, was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Rodriguez-Flores previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, …