Riverside County Sheriff's Lake Elsinore Station Special Enforcement Team (SET) deputies, in collaboration with members of the Inland Violent Crime Suppression Task Force (IVCSTF), arrested a 34-year-old Lake Elsinore resident on May 30, 2024, following an extensive investigation into narcotics trafficking in the region.
According to a press release from the Riverside Sheriff's Department, Mauricio Hernandez-Estrada was apprehended by SET deputies and IVCSTF members after being identified as the primary suspect in the distribution of narcotics, particularly fentanyl, in the cities of Lake Elsinore and Wildomar.
Hernandez-Estrada had been under investigation since November 2023 when SET deputies received information about the alleged narcotics sales. Subsequently, Hernandez-Estrada was ar
