OKLAHOMA CITY — A 48-year-old Mexican national living illegally in Oklahoma City has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison after law enforcement recovered more than 1,100 grams of cocaine and a firearm from his residence, U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester announced.

U.S. District Judge Patrick R. Wyrick imposed the sentence on Ramon Zuniga-Magdelano at a hearing last week, followed by four years of supervised release. In announcing the sentence, Judge Wyrick specifically noted “a lack of respect for the law demonstrated by Mr. Zuniga, who illegally entered the country to sell drugs.” Zuniga-Magdelano will be deported upon his release from prison.

The case began when Oklahoma City Police Department officers conducted a traffic stop and arrested Zuniga-Magdelano on an outstanding warrant in December 2024. Officers recovered cocaine from his person during the arrest and later executed a search warrant at his Oklahoma City residence, where they found more than 1,100 grams of cocaine — well over a kilogram — and a firearm.

Zuniga-Magdelano was charged by superseding information in July 2025 with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and with being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm. He pleaded guilty in September 2025, admitting he was unlawfully present in the United States, possessed more than 500 grams of cocaine intended for distribution, and possessed a firearm despite his status as an illegal immigrant.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth M. Bagwell prosecuted the case as part of the Homeland Security Task Force initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a multi-agency partnership that includes Homeland Security Investigations, the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration, IRS Criminal Investigation, the Oklahoma City Police Department, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, and the U.S. Marshals Service.

The task force is directed at identifying, investigating, and prosecuting crimes committed by criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States. HSTF Oklahoma City continues active operations targeting violent criminal aliens in the region.