by Alex Lloyd Gross
Euddy Izquierdo, 42, of Northeast Philadelphia was sentenced to serve 20 years in federal prison after he was convicted at trial of selling drugs after a two day bench trial.
Agents had information that he was selling drugs from a rented apartment on the 2000 block of Sanger Street and then he admitted to DEA Agents that he used that place to package and store drugs until they were sold in Kensington and North Philly when agents rained the premises.
Inside the basement apartment, DEA agents recovered 237.8 grams of para-flourofentanyl (a fentanyl analogue), 93.1 grams of fentanyl, 132.1 grams of heroin, 29.7 grams of crack cocaine, 153.8 grams of cocaine, and 26 grams of xylazine (also known as “tranq”), a veterinary sedative commonly used as a cheap cutting agent to dilute controlled substances on the street and increase profits for drug traffickers. Agents also recovered a loaded 9mm pistol on a table in the apartment.
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At the time of his arrest, Izquierdo was on federal supervised release following a previous drug trafficking conviction in 2015. Because of his prior conviction, Izquierdo was not permitted to possess a firearm under federal law.
On June 18, 2024, after a two-day trial, a federal jury found Izquierdo guilty of possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of para-fluorofentanyl, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, 100 grams or more of heroin, 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, and cocaine; maintaining a drug-involved premises; possession of a firearm by a felon; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.