Jackson, TN - Cruz Lisarraga Flores, 49, formerly of Los Angeles, California, has been sentenced to over 16 years in federal prison for attempting to distribute over 50 grams of actual methamphetamine in the Western District of Tennessee. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.

In the spring of 2023, agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, while acting under the authority of a Title III wiretap order, intercepted telephone calls between Flores and two West Tennessee residents concerning Flores's shipment of two pounds of methamphetamine from California to Adamsville, Tennessee. Based on the intercepted calls, agents learned that Flores was planning to ship the methamphetamine in a package to a residence address in Adamsville for further distribution in West Tennessee.

On June 26, 2023, members of the United States Postal Service located and seized the package. A search warrant for the package was obtained by an agent with the United States Postal Inspection Service and was executed the following day. A search of the package revealed two vacuum-sealed bags containing almost 900 grams of methamphetamine.

In June 2026, Flores entered a guilty plea to attempting to distribute over 50 grams of actual methamphetamine in the Western District of Tennessee. On October 9, 2026, United States District Judge S. Thomas Anderson sentenced Flores to 200 months in prison and five years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.

U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant said, "Drug dealers who distribute harmful drugs into our rural communities can no longer hide behind a false shipping label. Methamphetamine that is trafficked into and through West Tennessee is increasing in dangerous purity, and continues to destroy individuals, families, and communities. Criminals who profit from that pain deserve significant punishment, and this sentence does just that."

"Intercepting a drug shipment before it reaches its destination does not diminish the seriousness of the crime," said Special Agent in Charge Terence G. Reilly of the FBI Nashville Field Office. "Those who attempt to distribute dangerous drugs put families and communities at risk, regardless of whether they succeed. The FBI and our law enforcement partners will continue to aggressively pursue those responsible and disrupt the flow of illegal drugs before they can devastate our communities."

This case was investigated by the FBI Nashville Field Office - Memphis Resident Agency, the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Bolivar Police Department.

Assistant United States Attorney Josh Morrow prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

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