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Court document: Man in country illegally used girlfriend to make drug deal involving 2 Ogden residents

By Ryan Comer - Standard-Examiner | Jul 21, 2026

Jacquelyn Martin, Associated Press

A reporter holds up an example of the amount of fentanyl that can be deadly after a news conference about deaths from fentanyl exposure, at DEA Headquarters in Arlington Va., on June 6, 2017.

A 26-year-old man illegally in the country from Mexico used his girlfriend to make a drug deal in a case involving two Ogden residents and approximately 20,000 fentanyl pills, according to an affidavit of probable cause.

According to the court document, on June 25, a female wearing a white shirt and black pants, later identified in the document as Fabiola Garcia, 34, was observed approaching a white semi-truck with a California license plate at a Flying J gas station in Tooele, and when she walked away from the truck, she was carrying a black fanny pack.

Garcia then got into a blue Ford Explorer, which she was observed exiting from prior to approaching the semi-truck, and the Ford traveled across the street to a Comfort Inn parking lot, the probable cause statement read. The male driver, later identified in the document as Joseph A Gomez, 37, was subsequently detained, and investigators discovered approximately 10,000 small blue pills marked M30 and believed to be fentanyl pills inside the fanny pack the female was seen walking with, the probable cause statement stated.

The driver of the semi-truck, identified as Luis Camacho-Soto, was detained and removed from the vehicle, and approximately 10,000 more small blue pills marked M30 and believed to be fentanyl pills were found, according to the probable cause statement.

A passenger in the semi-truck, identified as Giselle Gonzalez-Salazar, was also detained and removed, the probable cause statement read. Gonzalez-Salazar told investigators she was only traveling with her boyfriend, Camacho-Soto, according to the probable cause statement.

Camacho-Soto asked Gonzalez-Salazar to hand the black fanny pack to a female and the female would give Gonzalez-Salazar money, the probable cause statement read.

“Giselle was uneasy about the request, but agreed,” according to the probable cause statement.

Gonzalez-Salazar reported that “a female wearing a white shirt and black pants approached the semi-truck and got inside,” the probable cause statement read.

Gonzalez-Salazar made the requested exchange, according to the probable cause statement.

“Post Miranda, Luis informed investigators that he is just the driver and someone tells him where to deliver the pills,” the probable cause statement read. “He said this is his second time making such a delivery and wasn’t paid the first time and was only paid $500 this time.”

A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment charging Garcia and Gomez, along with Camacho-Soto, with drug crimes, according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah.

Garcia and Gomez are charged with “possession with intent to distribute fentanyl,” while Camacho-Soto has been charged with “distribution of fentanyl” and “possession with intent to distribute fentanyl,” the release stated.

A four-day jury trial is scheduled for 10 a.m. Sept. 22 at the Orrin G. Hatch United States Courthouse in Salt Lake City before a U.S. District Court judge, according to the release.

Contact Standard-Examiner editor Ryan Comer at rcomer@standard.net.

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