POCATELLO – Jesus M. Beltran-Zazusta, a/k/a Jesus Zazueta-Beltran, 26, a Mexican national unlawfully in the United States and living in Victor, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Justin Whatcott announced.
According to court records, law enforcement officers identified Beltran-Zazusta as the source of supply of methamphetamine for multiple local distributors in Teton and Bonneville Counties.
In November 2023, law enforcement tracked Beltran-Zazusta as he returned to Idaho from a short trip to California. They followed him to an Idaho Falls residence that belonged to co-defendant Ana Costilla-Delgado. Officers seized a pound of methamphetamine from co-defendant Jorge Hernandez Venegas as he left the house.
The Idaho Falls Police Department executed a search warrant at the residence where they located nine pounds of methamphetamine in Costilla-Delgado’s bedroom. Officers had previously identified Beltran-Zazusta as the source of methamphetamine for Fredy Munoz-Morales, of Victor, in a related investigation that occurred in April 2023.
In January 2024, a federal grand jury in Pocatello indicted Beltran-Zazusta. The Honorable Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye sentenced him to nine years in federal prison on March 3, 2025. He also ordered Beltran-Zazusta to complete four years of supervised release after he serves his prison sentence. However, Beltran-Zazusta will likely be deported to Mexico after serving his prison sentence.
Chief Judge Nye also sentenced Costilla-Delgado to twelve and a half years in federal prison on January 6, 2025, Venegas to nine years in federal prison on December 2, 2024, and Munoz-Morales to twelve and a half years in federal prison on June 28, 2024.
Acting U.S. Attorney Whatcott commended the work of the Idaho Falls Police Department, the Teton County Sheriff’s Office, and the Drug Enforcement Administration which led to the charges. Assistant U.S. Attorney Blythe H. McLane prosecuted the case.
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