PHOENIX – Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Juan Carlos Baez Trejo was recently sentenced to 3.5 years prison for his involvement in a drug trafficking organization. 

On October 19, 2021 police arrested Baez Trejo after observing him conduct a drug transaction in a parking lot. Baez Trejo was arrested with ten pounds of methamphetamine and two pounds of fentanyl pills. 

Baez Trejo pleaded guilty to one count of Illegally Conducting an Enterprise, a Class 3 Felony. On July 26, 2022, a Maricopa County Superior Court Judge sentenced Baez Trejo to 3.5 years in the Arizona Department of Corrections. 

The case was investigated by the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

Assistant Attorney General K. Anthony Strong prosecuted this case.

A copy of the indictment is available here.