Oregon-Idaho Meth Ring Case Sends Two Ontario Traffickers to Prison for 10 Years

Two Oregon drug traffickers were each sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the eastern sections of the state.

Maleah Rochelle Benavidez (31) and Daniel Ryan Carrion (38), both of Ontario, Oregon, were each sentenced to 120 months in prison and five years of supervised release for their roles as members of a drug trafficking organization that operated in Oregon and Idaho.

During her involvement in the conspiracy, Benavidez was in default of a supervision sentence on two prior drug trafficking convictions.

During the investigation, Carrion was involved in a high-speed chase with law enforcement, during which he threw a pound of methamphetamine in an open field and was later then seized by enforcement officers.

Both Benavidez and Carrion will also serve five years of post-prison supervision.

The other two defendants from Idaho were Juan Pulido (44), sentenced to 188 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute, and Wesley John Roehl (41), sentenced to 24 months in prison for distribution.

More Than 17 Pounds of Methamphetamine Obtained From California Were Seized

According to court documents, law enforcement began investigating the drug trafficking organization in 2024 when investigators discovered that members of the organization obtained methamphetamine from California.

Law enforcement seized over 17 pounds of methamphetamine during the subsequent investigation and arrests.

Members of the Oregon-Idaho High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program were involved in the investigation, leading to the prison sentences handed down by Chief U.S. District Judge Amanda K. Brailsford in Boise, Idaho.