Portland, OR. — A Washington man has been sentenced to federal prison for fentanyl trafficking and endangering the welfare of a minor, federal prosecutors announced.
Guadalupe Escamilla, 63, was sentenced to 77 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. He also received a concurrent sentence of 12 months in custody and one year of supervised release for endangering the welfare of a minor.
According to court records, in December 2023 Escamilla transported a minor from Washington to Oregon and checked into a hotel at the Wildhorse Resort and Casino on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. On December 4, 2023, officers with the Umatilla Tribal Police Department discovered drug paraphernalia and methamphetamine in the minor’s possession. The minor told officers Escamilla instructed her to hold the drugs.
A further search of the minor’s belongings revealed two small bags of rainbow-colored fentanyl pills attributed to Escamilla. Officers also located approximately 95 gross grams of methamphetamine inside the hotel room shared by Escamilla and the minor.
Investigators later executed a federal search warrant on Escamilla’s phone and Facebook account, uncovering numerous messages related to the sale of fentanyl and methamphetamine in Eastern Oregon and Washington.
A federal grand jury in Portland indicted Escamilla on April 8, 2025. He pleaded guilty on September 10, 2025, to a superseding information charging him with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and endangering the welfare of a minor.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Umatilla Tribal Police Department, with assistance from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Department of Children and Family Services and the Tribal Prosecutor Victim and Witness Assistance Program. The prosecution was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Cassady A. Adams.
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