Edgardo Dominguez-Cortez was sentenced Sept. 28 to nine years and three months in prison for his role in a Buckeye heroin trafficking case, the Arizona Attorney General’s office announced Oct. 12.
A jury found him guilty Aug. 13 of conspiracy, illegally conducting an enterprise and transportation of narcotics for sale. His prison terms will run concurrently.
Buckeye Police found a cereal box containing about 8,000 pills that tested positive for heroin during a Dec. 21, 2024, traffic stop, according to the office. Dominguez-Cortez was a passenger in the car with Jesus Beltran Bajorquez and Marcos Ochoa.
