COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum has announced that on September 18th, 28-year old Jorge Alejandro Salazar Machado, of California, was sentenced in Council Bluffs United States District Court, to 10-years in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance. Salazar is required to serve a five-year term of supervised release, following his incarceration.

In January 2019, Salazar Machado was arrested by Council Bluffs Police for possession of drug paraphernalia. A subsequent search warrant was executed on his vehicle. During the search, officers located two packages containing a total of 1,891.28 grams of heroin. Salazar Machado pleaded guilty to the charge in May 2019.

The case was investigated by the Council Bluffs Police Department and the Southwest Iowa Narcotics Task Force, and prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.