A pair of brothers from Quito, Ecuador, who were wanted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and caught with nearly 75 pounds of illegal drugs while speeding through Wyoming, will spend more than two years in federal prison before being deported.
The sentencing of the second of the brothers, 23-year-old Edgar Narvaez Vega, was announced by the U.S. District Court for Wyoming on Tuesday.
Under a plea agreement, he was sentenced Feb. 9 to 27 months in a federal prison instead of the maximum 10-year sentence he could’ve received if convicted at trial of possession with intent to distribute meth, fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin.
It’s the same deal his brother Pedro Narvaez Vega, 22, got in December, according to federal court records.
The full details of the plea agreements for both men are sealed from public view in the federal court records.
After serving their sentences, both men will be deported out of the United States, according to judges’ orders.
A pair of brothers from Ecuador and wanted by ICE will spend more than two years in prison for hauling nearly 75 pounds of illegal drugs across Wyoming, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. After their prison time, they’ll be deported. (Courtesy Wyoming Highway Patrol) 
A pair of brothers from Ecuador and wanted by ICE will spend more than two years in prison for hauling nearly 75 pounds of illegal drugs across Wyoming, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. After their prison time, they’ll be deported. (Courtesy Wyoming Highway Patrol)
The Stop
Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper Clancy Gines was traveling west on Interstate 80 on July 5, 2025, when he saw a black sedan driving eastbound at 80 mph with a shattered side mirror, says an affidavit filed in the case.
The driver, later identified as Pedro, at first failed to yield when Gines activated his emergency lights, but eventually stopped about 2 miles later, the document says.
Gines approached the vehicle, and the odor of raw marijuana reportedly overwhelmed him.
The affidavit says he noticed a small jar containing raw marijuana, which is an illegal drug in Wyoming, lying between a passenger’s feet.
At first, Pedro said his brother had a marijuana joint, but that there were no other illegal items in the car.
But when Gines and another trooper searched the car, they found four white trash bags containing 63 packages wrapped in yellow plastic wrap, and another package that later tested positive for crystal meth, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Tests of the other large packages revealed huge amounts of meth, cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin, with a total weight of 74.17 pounds.
Greg Johnson can be reached at greg@cowboystatedaily.com.
