Imperial Valley News

San Diego, California - United States Attorney Karen P. Hewitt announced that Luis Francisco Pena Ibarra, a Mexican pharmacy owner, was indicted for conspiracy. The indictment charges that Pena conspired with others to illegally import prescription pharmaceuticals from Mexico into the United States.

 

According to the indictment, Pena obtained prescription drugs, such as Viagra and Cialis, manufactured outside the United States through his contacts from his pharmacy business in Mexico. It is further alleged that Pena employed individuals to smuggle the drugs from Mexico into the United States and then sell the smuggled pharmaceuticals without a lawful prescription by telephone and via the Internet.

 

United States Attorney Hewitt said, “This office remains committed to prosecuting those cases involving threats to the safety and security of the pharmaceuticals offered for sale to our citizens and threats to their health.”