Overview
- Eric Anthony Rodriguez, 47, was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute after a six-day federal trial before Judge Susan R. Nelson.
- Prosecutors say the Diaz-Aguilar organization operated across Minnesota from April 2024 to March 2025, at times moving hundreds of pounds of meth into the state.
- Investigators seized about 60 pounds of meth, roughly 1,500 fentanyl pills and more than $20,000, and raided stash houses in Columbia Heights, Hastings and Rochester.
- Erick Emilio Diaz-Aguilar, identified by prosecutors as the leader, and co-defendants Juan Martin Elvira Jr., Edward Gonzalez and Bruce Michael Orton previously pleaded guilty.
- Trial evidence included a November 2025 stop that recovered three pounds of meth from Rodriguez’s vehicle, and the court will set his sentencing at a later date.