Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report
May 11, 2026
The “Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report” in the second full week of May 2026 has for northwest regional and national radio listeners and website followers a report on a federal law enforcement identified Honduran national, illegally present in the United States of America, who pleaded guilty to drug trafficking fentanyl and unlawful possession of firearms. The Honduran’s criminal case is being adjudicated in a U.S. District Court in the state of Oregon.
Some background information, on Monday, May 6, 2026 the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon (USAODO) issued a press release titled “Honduran National Unlawfully Residing in the United States Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy and Unlawfully Possessing Firearms” who the subject of interest was identified as Cristhian Martinez (U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon – Case Number: Case Number: Case Number: 3:23-cr-00401-SI).
Here are extended excerpts from USAODO’s May 6, 2026 press release on Cristhian Martinez:
“PORTLAND, Ore.—A Honduran national unlawfully residing in the United States pleaded guilty today for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that lead to a fatal fentanyl overdose and for unlawfully possessing firearms as an illegal alien.
Cristhian Martinez, 21, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and alien in possession of a firearm. Pursuant to the plea agreement, Martinez also admitted as part of the conspiracy to distributing fentanyl that resulted in the death of an adult victim.
According to court documents, in September 2023, members of the Clackamas County Interagency Task Force (CCITF) were called to investigate a fatal overdose in Clackamas County. While processing the scene, investigators discovered numerous counterfeit M30 Oxycodone pills believed to be manufactured with fentanyl, as well as fentanyl powder. Martinez was soon identified as the person who sold fentanyl to the deceased victim’s dealer.
On November 16, 2023, investigators located Martinez traveling north from California into Oregon, followed his vehicle, and conducted a traffic stop in Gladstone, Oregon. During a K-9 sweep of Martinez’s vehicle, investigators found multiple concealed packages containing more than one kilogram of compressed fentanyl:
Later the same day, investigators executed a search warrant on Martinez’s Gladstone apartment where they seized more fentanyl, a 20-ton shop press used to produce “bricks” of fentanyl powder, multiple firearms, ammunition, and other materials consistent with drug trafficking:
Martinez faces a maximum sentence of life in prison, a $10 million fine, and five years of supervised release. The government will seek a sentence of 210 months’ imprisonment. Martinez will be sentenced on August 4, 2026, before a U.S. District Court judge.
U.S. Attorney Scott E. Bradford of the District of Oregon made the announcement.
This case was investigated by the FBI, CCITF, and Westside Interagency Narcotics team (WIN). It is being prosecuted by Scott M. Kerin, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon.
CCITF, led by the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office, works to disrupt and dismantle drug trafficking organizations operating in and around Clackamas County, and reduce illegal drugs and related crimes throughout the community. The task force is comprised of members from the Canby Police Department, Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office, Oregon State Police, the FBI, and the Oregon National Guard Counterdrug Task Force. CCITF is supported by our community with the passage of the Public Safety Levy and grant funding from the Oregon-Idaho High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program.
WIN is a Washington County-based interagency drug interdiction task force that includes members from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Beaverton and Hillsboro Police Departments, Oregon National Guard Counter Drug Program, FBI, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and HSI.” – U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.
For informational purposes the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” sent via e-mail on Thursday, May 7, 2026 a copy of the USAODO press release on Cristhian Martinez to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Public Affairs for the Northwest Region which encompasses the states of Alaska, Oregon and Washington, furthermore, ICE Public Affairs in Washington, D.C.
Two days later there is no indication if or when ICE Public Affairs will issue a press release on ICE Homeland Security Investigations’ (HSI) role in the take down of Honduran national, illegal alien, firearm possessing, drug trafficker Cristhian Martinez.
Presentencing, on Monday, May 11, 2026 Cristhian Martinez, under the full name Cristhian Itiel Martinez (BOP Register Number: 87887-510), was in the custody of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at Sheridan FCI located in Sheridan, Oregon.
Now that Cristhian Itiel Martinez, age 21, is in the custody of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) he has joined more than 24-thousand criminal aliens in the BOP prison system.
Lars, the second full May of May 2026 and another “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” for Lars Larson Show KXL FM 101.1 northwest regional and national radio listeners and website followers.
David Olen Cross (docfnc) is a reporter on foreign national crime. He is a more than decade long contributor to the “Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report.” His past crime reporting can be found at http://docfnc.wordpress.com/.
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