A Mexicali man pleaded guilty in federal court last week to charges of conspiring to import methamphetamine.

Marco Antonio Lopez-Guerrero led a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization that recruited juvenile girls nd young adult women to smuggle methamphetamine into the United States. Lopez-Guerrero also admitted that his organization used ultra-light aircraft to smuggle meth and fentanyl over the border. Money, guns, and ammunition was smuggled from the United States to Mexico as well. The case was investigated by The Imperial County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Border Patrol-El Centro Sector and the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations. Lopez-Guerrero faces a mandatory minimum 10 years to life in prison.