A member of a South Los Angeles-based street gang who admitted distributing multiple pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine and to selling of dozens of firearms and 16 machine gun conversion kits, was sentenced Monday to 188 months in federal prison for distributing thousands of fentanyl pills, which weighed a total of nearly two pounds.
Jose Luis Alonso, 28, also known as “AK-47,” of Huntington Park, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David O. Carter in downtown Los Angeles. Alonso has been in federal custody since October 2022.
Alonso, the lead defendant in the case, pleaded guilty in August to one count of distribution of fentanyl.
In his plea agreement, Alonso admitted distributing about 8,944 fentanyl pills, 855 grams of fentanyl powder, and further admitted to handling 4.8 pounds of methamphetamine, and nearly 9 pounds of cocaine.
Alonso also admitted to selling 36 firearms and 16 machine gun conversion kits from May 2022 to October 2022 without a license and to illegally possessing firearms as a felon.
Alonso’s prior felony convictions include a 2016 conviction in Los Angeles County for robbery, as well as a 2020 conviction in Kern County for prison assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury. Alonso’s criminal conduct in the current case occurred while he was on probation for his conviction for prison assault, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Each of Alonso’s co-defendants has pleaded guilty to conspiring to engaging in selling firearms without a license. Jasmine Pereira, 26, of Los Angeles, was sentenced Monday to two years in federal prison. Kevin Alonso, 27, also of Los Angeles, is due to be sentenced on Feb. 26, and Berenice Segura, 23, of Huntington Park, is scheduled for sentencing on April 8.