Honduran Fentanyl Dealer Caught With 6,000 Pills in Downtown Portland Gets 70 Months in Prison

PORTLAND, Ore. — As part of a crackdown on fentanyl trafficking in downtown Portland, police officers arrested a Honduran national living illegally in Oregon who was this week sentenced to 70 months in a federal prison.

Ermin Izaguirre-Estrada (22) pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl on April 30, 2025, resolving both his criminal case in Oregon and another in California, where he was also charged with selling the opioid.

According to court documents, police officers observed Izaguirre-Estrada holding what appeared to be blue fentanyl pills in his hand on August 9, 2023, during a fentanyl enforcement mission targeting dealers in downtown Portland.

Police Seized 6,000 Fentanyl Pills, a Loaded Firearm, and Cash

Izaguirre-Estrada was arrested, and officers seized more than 6,000 fentanyl pills, fentanyl powder, a loaded firearm, and cash.

A Portland federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Izaguirre-Estrada with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and alien in possession of a firearm on August 16, 2023.

The following month, a California Northern District federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Izaguirre-Estrada with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine, based on his arrest in April 2023.

The Honduran has also been sentenced to three years’ supervised release.

The case was investigated by the Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit, the High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Interdiction Team, Homeland Security Investigations, the Portland Police Bureau, and its Central Precinct Neighborhood Response Team and Bike Squad. The prosecutor was Scott M. Kerin, an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Oregon.