A reputed gang associate from Lomita has been sentenced to over eight years behind bars on federal narcotics and gun charges, prosecutors said Thursday.
Patricia Amelia Limon, 55, pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine and engaging in the business of dealing firearms without a license, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
She was sentenced Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles to 97 months in federal prison, prosecutors said.
Federal prosecutors contend Limon was an associate of a Los Angeles Harbor-area gang, known to commit crime under the direction and authority of the Mexican Mafia prison gang.
Court papers state that from October 2022 to February 2023, Limon handled drug and firearm deals at the orders of a Mexican Mafia associate imprisoned on Death Row. Limon personally, and at least once through an intermediary, supplied methamphetamine, fentanyl, firearms and ammunition to a buyer and collected money on behalf of the imprisoned gang member, prosecutors say.
In one deal on Nov. 2, 2022, Limon supplied 5,000 rainbow-colored fentanyl pills to a buyer for $5,300. Fifteen days later, Limon supplied 3.8 pounds of methamphetamine and 2,000 fentanyl pills to a buyer for $5,000. Limon engaged in other illicit sales of fentanyl and firearms, court papers show.