Irving Man Gets 30 Months for Laundering Up to $250,000 in Drug Trafficking Proceeds
SHERMAN, Texas - A 41-year-old Mexican national who was living in Irving has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for laundering money connected to a drug trafficking organization that distributed methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl.
Jose Guadalupe Lopez-Arana pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and aiding and abetting. U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant sentenced him Aug. 27.
According to federal prosecutors, investigators identified Lopez-Arana in 2023 while investigating a drug trafficking conspiracy. Authorities said he was living unlawfully in the United States in Irving's 75061 ZIP code at the time.
Prosecutors said Lopez-Arana's role involved receiving and delivering proceeds from the drug trafficking organization in an effort to conceal the illegal activity.
Court records attributed between $150,000 and $250,000 in laundered currency to Lopez-Arana.
Lopez-Arana had previously been arrested by Hunt County deputies near Greenville on Oct. 30, 2025, on a U.S. Marshals Service conspiracy warrant.
The investigation was conducted as part of the Homeland Security Task Force and involved multiple federal agencies, including the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, IRS Criminal Investigation and U.S. Marshals Service.
