Alfredo Landin

Introduction

Alfredo Landin, known as “Fredo,” is a 28-year-old San Antonio man who imported large amounts of methamphetamine from Mexico and distributed it to numerous dealers across the San Antonio area. In October 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas announced that a federal court had sentenced him to 190 months in prison — more than fifteen years — for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a substance containing methamphetamine. Because that sentence runs concurrent with a 12½-year meth-trafficking term he is already serving in a separate case, Landin will now spend more than fifteen years in federal prison. U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons announced the sentence, which capped a case built on a 2021 narcotics interdiction and a 2024 arrest.

Background Information

According to court documents cited in the release, Landin operated as an importer and wholesale supplier rather than a street-level seller. He brought large quantities of methamphetamine — a drug he called “candy” — across the border from Mexico and moved it to numerous dealers in the San Antonio area. To keep the loads moving, he arranged for drivers to deliver 10 or more kilograms of narcotics at a time in vehicles equipped with hidden compartments. The Justice Department credits the investigation that produced his federal case to the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Texas Department of Public Safety, the two agencies that intercepted one of his shipments in 2021 and later saw him arrested, prosecuted, and sentenced.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Convicted and sentenced.

Per the Justice Department release, Landin’s case centers on a large-scale methamphetamine importation and distribution operation. Court documents state that he imported large amounts of methamphetamine, which he called “candy,” from Mexico and distributed it to numerous dealers in the San Antonio area, using drivers who delivered 10 or more kilograms of narcotics at a time in hidden compartments. The operation’s undoing came on July 19, 2021, when the DEA and Texas DPS found approximately eight kilograms of methamphetamine and 3.5 kilograms of heroin in a car that was on its way to drop narcotics off to Landin in Indian Creek — a shipment Simmons described as interdicted “just before it was delivered to Landin.” Landin was arrested on April 19, 2024, and pleaded guilty on March 4, 2025, to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a substance containing methamphetamine. He was subsequently sentenced to 190 months in federal prison. The release adds that in June, Landin was sentenced to 151 months in a separate case in which he also pleaded guilty to trafficking methamphetamine; it does not state the year of that earlier sentencing.

Public Reaction and Consequences

The Justice Department’s announcement framed the sentence as the product of coordinated federal and state drug enforcement. “Alfredo Landin was responsible for importing large amounts of methamphetamine and heroin from Mexico to exploit our communities for financial gain,” said U.S. Attorney Simmons. “Thanks to the tireless efforts of our DEA and DPS partners, we were able to interdict a large shipment of narcotics just before it was delivered to Landin, who will now spend more than 15 years in federal prison concurrent with another 12 ½-year sentence he is already serving.” Miguel A. Madrigal, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration San Antonio Division, said, “Coordinated law enforcement efforts are critical to keeping our communities safe and removing those who peddle poison in San Antonio neighborhoods,” adding that “DEA San Antonio remains relentless in its mission to stay one step ahead of drug traffickers, dismantle criminal networks, and bring those responsible to justice.” The DEA and TX DPS investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Yuen prosecuted it.

Current Status

As of the October 28, 2026 announcement, Landin is in federal prison serving a 190-month sentence for the conspiracy charge, imposed to run concurrent with the 151-month (12½-year) term he is already serving in a separate meth-trafficking case. Because the sentences run concurrently, the longer 190-month term governs his time in custody. He pleaded guilty in both cases, and neither proceeding went to trial. The release records no appeal and lists no additional pending charges.

Impact on Their Career/Life

The consequences for Landin are stark: at 28, he will spend more than fifteen years in federal prison, with the 190-month term absorbing the 12½-year sentence he was already serving. The shipment interdicted in July 2021 — approximately eight kilograms of methamphetamine and 3.5 kilograms of heroin — never reached him, and his guilty pleas in two separate trafficking cases are now permanent court records. The release records nothing about Landin’s family, employment, or finances, and does not describe any assets forfeited or restitution ordered. What remains documented is the rupture of his supply line: DEA and Texas DPS stopped a multi-kilogram delivery in progress, and the man it was bound for will spend his late twenties, thirties, and early forties in federal custody.

Sources

• U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, “San Antonio Man Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Dealing,” October 28, 2026 — source