{"id":57235,"date":"2022-05-02T04:47:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T04:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/05\/02\/california-man-pleads-guilty-in-marines-fentanyl-laced-pill-overdose-death\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:55:30","slug":"california-man-pleads-guilty-in-marines-fentanyl-laced-pill-overdose-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2022\/05\/02\/california-man-pleads-guilty-in-marines-fentanyl-laced-pill-overdose-death\/","title":{"rendered":"California man pleads guilty in Marine\u2019s fentanyl-laced pill overdose death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Sylmar, California, man has pleaded guilty following the 2020 death of a Marine at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/07\/08\/two-marines-arrested-face-charges-for-smuggling-undocumented-immigrants-for-financial-gain\/\" target=\"_blank\">Camp Pendleton, California,<\/a> after the unnamed Marine overdosed from taking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/07\/25\/16-camp-pendleton-marines-arrested-by-ncis-during-battalion-formation-for-alleged-human-smuggling-and-drug-offenses\/\" target=\"_blank\">fentanyl-laced oxycodone<\/a> pills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gustavo Jaciel Solis, 25, pleaded guilty to two federal drug trafficking charges April 13, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-cdca\/pr\/san-fernando-valley-man-who-sold-counterfeit-prescription-pills-containing-fentanyl\" target=\"_blank\">press release<\/a> from the District Attorney\u2019s Office of Central California has revealed: participating in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/newsletters\/daily-news-roundup\/2020\/02\/24\/corps-doles-out-final-punishment-for-marines-arrested-for-alleged-human-smuggling-ring\/\" target=\"_blank\">drug trafficking conspiracy<\/a> and distributing fentanyl resulting in death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Solis is scheduled for sentencing Aug. 17, and faces a minimum of 20 years in federal prison for the fentanyl charge and a potential life sentence for each narcotics offense, court documents say. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First charged in 2020, months after the death of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division Marine, referred to in court documents for discretion only as \u201cL.M.,\u201d Solis and four other alleged co-conspirators were listed in a superseding indictment as part of an alleged ring of drug dealers offering narcotics to both civilians and Marines.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/07\/25\/16-camp-pendleton-marines-arrested-by-ncis-during-battalion-formation-for-alleged-human-smuggling-and-drug-offenses\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1896187.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">16 Camp Pendleton Marines arrested by NCIS for alleged human smuggling and drug offenses<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The arrests follow the July 3 detention of two Marine grunts near the U.S.-Mexico border by Border Patrol.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of his plea agreement, Solis admitted that he \u201cwould advertise his controlled substances for sale through his Snapchat account username, \u2018huf_75,\u2019 and display name, \u2018Gusto928.\u2019 [Solis] would provide various controlled substances, including LSD, MDMA, cocaine, and purported oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, to customers directly, through couriers, or through the United States mail,\u201d the press release said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 22, 2020, after obtaining approximately 1,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl from a co-defendant, Solis admitted to using Snapchat to advertise the pills, posting a picture of the drugs with the caption, \u201cWho f*** with M30s? 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